From: "George Athas" <george.athas AT moore.edu.au>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Tehom: Divine or Not Divine?
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:12:34 +1000
James Christian Read wrote:
There is absolutely no internal unambiguous references
that divinise Tehom whatsoever in the Tanakh. Reading
the text at face value could only ever lead the reader
to believe that Tehom is referring to the body of
water which the context evidently points to.
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GA:
Perhaps this is the perception of a current-day reader for whom "Tehom" has
no baggage. But it may well have been very different in ancient days. Also,
circular reasoning is not always invalid; it really depends on the nature of
the data.
Best Regards,
GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College
1 King St, Newtown 2042, Australia
Ph: (+61 2) 9577 9774
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