To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: My understanding of Gen 1:1-3
Date: 16 Aug 2002 08:42:28 -0400
On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 23:30, Ian Hutchesson wrote:
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> The only thing that's missing...is: "and
> there was evening and there was morning, day zero" to
> understand when day one starts.
FWIW.
Just an additional piece of information for Peter and Ian (unless it's
been said and I missed it): you can't have `time' until you have
`light'. For references, see Einstein. So, the author couldn't talk
about `days' or use the term until the light was created. It's an
impossible condition.
BTW, this also helps explain why he uses `day' before day 4. We
associate `day' with the sun, the author didn't. He associated it with
a span of time, one which he repeatedly clarifies and defines as
"evening and morning."
--
Mike Sangrey
msangrey AT BlueFeltHat.org
Landisburg, Pa.
"The first one last wins."
"A net of highly cohesive details reveals the truth."