To: Ian Hutchesson <mc2499 AT mclink.it>, Hebrew List <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Gen 1:1. Kermess
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 09:40:53 -0400
Ian Hutchesson wrote:
> There is *no possibility* for creatio ex nihilo, unless you think that God
> created the world in hiccups. The genius who advocates that v1 itself is a
> creation act then has the boner to face that God proceeds to create what he
> is supposed to have created in v1.
>
Dear Ian,
No problem. V. 1 is the "beginning" of creation and vv. 3ff are the
continuation of
creation, which is completed in 2:1 "thus the heavens and earth were
finished." Note
the inclusio "heavens and earth."
--
Lee R. Martin
Pastor, Prospect Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee
Instructor in Hebrew and Old Testament
Church of God Theological Seminary http://earth.vol.com/~lmartin/