Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>]

> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am doing my research on the meaning of tob in Genesis. It makes me
> > confuse whether  tob is comprising the moral as well as the functional
> > component. Kindly advise, your contribution is much appreciated.
> >
> > regards,hh
> > cheechen
> >
> >
> > Tob טוב in Genesis 1 could be understood as morally neutral, as it was in 
> > a
> context where there was no immorality. That came later. Therefore, when God
> mentioned that everything he had made was exceedingly pleasing, he referred
> to the functional aspect.

That's totally nonsense, Karl, the Genesis 1 (BTW, I don't know if
cheechen ask just about the first chapter!) is a "preamble" to the
Torah and as such it reinteprets old babylonian myths in legalistic
(halakhic) terms. So your pseudohistorical reading of it is totally
unapropriate.

> Karl W. Randolph.

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