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From: "Peter Kirk" <peter AT qaya.org>
.... Also, as this list is for discussion of biblical Hebrew and the Hebrew Bible, this cosmology is off topic and I will not discuss it here. The cosmology of the Hebrew Bible, as far as I can tell, is rather different, considerably less explicit, although not contradictroy.The New Testament cosmology is a legitimate commentary on Hebrew cosmology:
1) because it was written by first century Jews and reflects their understanding of Hebrew cosmology
2) it makes the theological claim that it was animated from the same Spirit that authored Tanakh, thus is makes clear some aspects of Hebrew that were hinted at in Tanakh.
...I am not agreeing to disagree. I am saying that, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary concerning the meaning of the Hebrew word (to the authors, not to someone else centuries later, in fact 1500 years later on your understanding at least), I still consider that my original statement was right, and your rejection of it was wrong.
Right. At least I will continue to believe that this is right until someone provides some evidence to the contrary, instead of persistent contradiction.This is your best statement yet on this exchange, namely an agreement to disagree.
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