Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jerry Shepherd <jshepherd53 AT gmail.com>]

Hi Oun,

Thanks for calling my attention to this article.  Just to clarify, I do
believe in creation ex nihilo; but I don't think it is being taught in
Genesis 1.  Rather, the chapter conforms to the other ANE creation accounts
which start with an already existing chaos.  I haven't read anything else
by Copan, though I'm aware of his writings, and I think we would probably
agree on a lot of stuff.  But he only paid very scant attention to Gen 1 in
the article, and didn't address any of the reasons as to why the
translations differ in how they render the first three verses.  Hebrew
Bible is not his bailiwick.

Blessings,

Jerry Shepherd
Taylor Seminary
Edmonton, Alberta


> FYI,
>
> Speaking of ex nihilo,see
>
> www.scribd.com/doc/74712478/Is-Creatio-Ex-Nihilo-a-Post-Biblical-Invention
>
> Oun Kwon.
>



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Jerry Shepherd
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