Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Sorry, Ted, but that's taking your own definition and expectation of what 
should and shouldn't be classified as 'THE' beginning, and using that as the 
measure; or it is assuming that the writer of Gen 1 had your definitions. 
Either way, this is a backward method, I'm afraid. The question is what the 
writer thought he/she was doing. This is not a theological question that 
seeks to answer the question through what other biblical writers may have 
expressed, but rather a literary question: what does the author of 
specifically Gen 1 want to convey?


GEORGE ATHAS
Dean of Research,
Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)
Sydney, Australia


From: "tedbro AT aol.com<mailto:tedbro AT aol.com>" 
<tedbro AT aol.com<mailto:tedbro AT aol.com>>
Date: Thursday, 6 September 2012 7:18 AM
To: George Athas 
<george.athas AT moore.edu.au<mailto:george.athas AT moore.edu.au>>, B-Hebrew 
<b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] ] A VISUAL EXPRESSION OF A THEOLOGICAL IDEA OF 
THESKY/HEAVEN ( Rolf's Response 4)

Whether Gen 1 describes creation ex niliho depends on the vowel under the 
initial bet in v.1. If we read BA it's ex niliho. If we read Be (shva) it's 
not.

Ted Brownstein