I completely disagree with the concept you state. What does it meanWhat I say is that what you offered is midrash, not text. You add
"correctly understand" -- does anyone today know what "correctly understand"
means when it comes to Biblical (or another ancient) text? True, some
interpretations are very far from the text - they are called midrashim. But
interpreting a text written in Biblical Hebrew (and I mean by this not only
the technical/grammatical aspects of the language) -- why isn't the
understanding I offered a valid one? Surely you are not saying that I don't
understand the Hebrew meaning of the verse.
Think about this -- if one is told today that they are terminally illAdam didn't realize he was mortal, because he wasn't mortal. Mortality
(usually this is accompanies by some time-frame prognosis), isn't this the
beginning of death itself? Isn't this even worse than death? Sure, we all
know that we will die. But only when one is told that they have a terminal
disease it is when they become aware of this fact at a different level than
before. Adam apparently wasn't even aware that he is mortal. The revelation
he is can mean death.
Anyway, you may agree or disagree -- I'm not planning to argue this. I justPlease understand that I in no way am trying to restrict your freedom
offered my understanding of the text and consider am baffled why anyone
would consider THIS Biblical phrase to possibly a clumsy lie. But this is a
free country and each person can interpret anything in any way they wish.
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