From: "Stephen C. Carlson" <scarlson AT mindspring.com>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Gen 1:6-8.
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 23:10:05 -0400
At 06:45 PM 8/29/00 -0400, Liz Fried wrote:
>What do people who believe in the inerrancy of the
>biblical text do with the word raqi(a in vs 1:6-8? Do
>they think the sky is a rolled out sheet of metal
>strong enough to hold the rain waters?
A lot of inerrantists interpret raqi(a as "expanse,"
but your question seems more directed to literalists
than to inerrantists.