Biblical Hebrew Forum

[davidfentonism AT aim.com]

I see what you are saying but for adherents of the TNKh's view of this, which 
is exclusive of the materialism you were kind enough to describe for me, 
there are a few issues. In brief, I would say what you mean by "all time," 
"death," and "power of procreation" may be quite different from what you 
intend here. As I understand it, medical doctors affirm that they do not know 
where life ("the quickening" as one called it) comes from and they know it is 
not merely the result of fertilization.
 
 Again, thank you for clarifying your points for my benefit.
 
 Regards,
 David Fenton
 NYC
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: if AT math.bu.edu
 To: davidfentonism AT aim.com
 Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
 
  Life was created once for all time and is designed to perpetuate itself. So 
as a new generation rises the previous generation must recede. It goes both 
ways: procreation is needed because death is part of life, and death is 
inevitable because the power of procreation is an essential part of life. 
Isaac Fried 
  On Dec 4, 2006, at 11:33 PM, davidfentonism AT aim.com wrote: 
 I'm puzzled by your position only because it is absolutist. Thanks for 
reiterating it for me.
 
 Best regards,
 David  
 -----Original Message-----
 From: if AT math.bu.edu
 To: davidfentonism AT aim.com
 Sent: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:56 PM
 Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie
 
  As I said, it can not be otherwise. ---IF 
  On Dec 4, 2006, at 7:22 PM, davidfentonism AT aim.com wrote: 
 This is a materialist deduction but the cosmology of Adam prior to 
disobeying El could well have been otherwise which is also the more 
predominant view. From where else do you suppose procreation is proof of 
impending death?
 
 Thanks,
 
 David Fenton
 NYC
  
 -----Original Message-----
 From: if AT math.bu.edu
  Adam's fate is sealed in Gen 4.1: And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she  
conceived, and bare Cain. The power of procreation is a sure sign for  
a certain demise. Where there is birth  there is death---it can not  
be otherwise.
---Isaac Fried
     
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