Hi Peter,
This might be getting out of bounds for this list, but that was my
point exactly. Understanding the word "day" in the Creation story in
any literal sense does not work. Once you have to invent "clouds
that hid the sun", you're already adding elements that are not in
the text. This is good midrash, but certainly not a literal
understanding of the text.
Yigal
One rather obvious suggestion is that the creation is viewed from a
viewpoint on earth. At first, perhaps, the earth was covered by clouds
(and geologists agree with this) so that the sun would not have been
visible, but there would still have been day and night. Only later, on the
third "day", the clouds cleared and the sun, moon and stars became
visible.
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