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  • From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] THWM - Proper name or not?
  • Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:27:23 +1000

I see what you mean about fruit, Vadim (although technically the priests did
accept the first fruits), but I'm not sure it transfers over to Gen 1.1. The
first word in Genesis is merely adverbial meaning something like 'At
first...' Our usual translation of 'In the beginning' has been conditioned by
old translations, and is fine, though it creates the false impression that
there might be something wrong since the pointed Hebrew does not preserve an
article 'the'. But it really presents no problem in Hebrew itself.


Regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au




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