From: "Heard, Christopher" <Christopher.Heard AT pepperdine.edu>
To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Four Rivers of Eden - Genesis 2
Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 07:54:49 -0700
On May 12, 2005, at 7:45 AM, <tladatsi AT charter.net>
<tladatsi AT charter.net> wrote:
The
minor detail that the headwaters of these rivers are
actually many miles apart and do not share a literal common
source would be known to very few and be of interest to
even fewer.
Jack: I actually don't think it's a minor point at all, and I thank
you again for making it. Please see my other post on this subject for
why I think the narrator describes an impossible geography on purpose
assuming that readers will know the geography is impossible.