> At 01:11 PM 10/13/99 -0400, Bryan wrote:
>
> >Actually, I believe the text reads ki beyom 'akolka
mimenu
> >mot tamut. So the time of death is indeed specified as
"in
> >the day of your eating" or "at the time of your eating."
> >Hermeneutics may then come into play after all. If, for
> >instance, we find it unlikely that the Lord was merely
> >putting forth a vain threat, we would be left with the
> >conclusion that Adam (and Eve) did indeed die that day as
> >the Lord said they would...spiritually, that is.
>
> Bryan,
> I dont take "in the day..." as literally as you do. The
phrase is
> unspecified (as opposed to "today" or "tomorrow"). It is
as vague and
> imprecise, I think, as "the Day of the Lord" or in
Christian terms, "the Day
> of Christ's return". Thus, I render the phrase "whenever
you eat of it,
> death will result", which nicely preserves the ambiguity
of the phrase.
>
You don't find English "whenever" to suggest that they would
die every time they would eat? "Whenever" is neither
justified in the Hebrew or "world-knowledge." As for the
vagueness of the beyom + infinitive construction, how about
Exo 10:28 ki beyom ro'tka panay tamut? Do you suppose
Pharoah was being vague?
Shalom,
Bryan
B. M. Rocine
Associate Pastor
Living Word Church
6101 Court St. Rd.
Syracuse, NY 13206