Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Oun Kwon <kwonbbl AT gmail.com>]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Jerry Shepherd <jshepherd53 AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Karl,
>
> Two things:
>
> (1) I, as well as many others, do not treat Gen 1 as creation ex nihilo.  I 
> believe that v. 1 is either a titular or summary statement for the entire 
> chapter, that v. 2 is the background setting for the creation account, and 
> that v. 3 is the first act of creation.  Alternatively, v. 1 could be seen 
> as a dependent clause, and either v. 2 or v. 3 as the first main clause (as 
> in NRSV and Tanakh).  In either case, I don't believe the chapter is giving 
> an ex nihilo account.
>
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> Jerry Shepherd

FYI,

Speaking of ex nihilo,see

www.scribd.com/doc/74712478/Is-Creatio-Ex-Nihilo-a-Post-Biblical-Invention

Oun Kwon.