Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Scott McAliley" <scottanderin1 AT hotmail.com>]

Aaron and Harold,
Thank You for your help, and for your time, and your quick response.  You 
confirmed what I already knew -that I know nothing about Hebrew Grammar :) 
and I now understand the passage a little better, grammatically.  But from a 
theological (or at least logical) standpoint, I'm not sure that my theory 
that Adam and Eve were already dying before sin doesn't still have a little 
life in it, even if the "dying,die" phrase doesn't add anything to it.  If 
eating from the tree of life after rebelling would have caused them to go on 
living forever, then eating of it before sin would have as well.  But it 
seems apparent that they had not eaten of it, since barring them from it was 
part of their punishment for sin, and we are told specifically that this was 
done so they would not reach out their hands, take, eat, and live forever.  
And what is something that will not live forever, but something that is 
dying?
    I know this would be drifting away from Biblical Hebrew slightly, but 
would anyone like to discuss this or any other related garden topics?
    I am doing a study of the entire Bible as it regards the innate 
mortality or immortality of the human soul, and the garden seems to offer a 
lot of answers.  I am a Christian, but I do not hold to the traditional 
teaching that all souls are immortal and eternal, because I can find no 
evidence for it in the Old or New Testament.  It seems plain from Scripture 
that immortality is reserved for those who accept God's salvation, and 
destruction(after judgement) is the destiny of those who do not.  I would 
love to discuss this with anyone on either side of the issue, if that is 
allowed on this forum.  It would be particularly helpful for me to do it 
here, with people who understand Hebrew because that is inevitably going to 
come into play.

Thanks,
Scott McAliley

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