Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Joseph Roberts <josephroberts3 AT gmail.com>]

I have always understood Olam and its counter-part in Greek (aiwn) as being
like something beyond the horizon. to say something is beyond the horizon
does not say that it is a certain distance beyond the horizon it means
beyond what you can see, this could mean forever or a mile beyond the
horizon. I think sometimes in Hebrew and even Greek its better to look at
things more concrete than abstract.

Joseph Roberts

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:

> In Gen. 13:15 AD OLAM is 'forever', namely, with no time limit set ––– with
> no statute of limitation. The fact that someone builds a house, a shed, a
> driveway, a fence, or whatnot, on your land is another issue; it happens
> everyday everywhere.
> Read again Jeremiah chapter 32, and recall verse 15:
>
> כי כה אמר יהוה צבאות אלהי ישראל עוד יקנו בתים ושדות וכרמים בארץ הזאת
>
> and tell me if he was right, or what.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
>
>
> On Dec 12, 2010, at 1:03 PM, fred burlingame wrote:
>
>  Hello Isaac:
>>
>> Thanks for your comments.
>>
>> You could be right, since I am but the consumer 1,000 years removed,
>> rather than the creator, of the masoretic text.
>>
>> But ... how do you read עד עולם in genesis 13:15; and in the context of 2
>> chronicles 36:17? "forever?" "eternally?" And if so, how do you define
>> "forever" and "eternally" in terms of length of time?
>>
>> Or perhaps you understand עד עולם in this particular context, in yet a
>> third and different manner?
>>
>> I look forward to hearing from you, on your precise meaning of this phrase
>> in this verse?
>>
>> I note in closing that surely someone else's house stands on that land
>> today at this very moment.
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> fred burlingame
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
>> I am sorry to have to say this, but this talk of a "hidden" period of time
>> is in my opinion a symptom of a basic misunderstanding of the workings and
>> nature of the Hebrew language. The rest is theology.
>>
>> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>>
>>
>>
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