I have always understood Olam and its counter-part in Greek (aiwn) as being
like something beyond the horizon. to say something is beyond the horizon
does not say that it is a certain distance beyond the horizon it means
beyond what you can see, this could mean forever or a mile beyond the
horizon. I think sometimes in Hebrew and even Greek its better to look at
things more concrete than abstract.
Joseph Roberts
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
In Gen. 13:15 AD OLAM is 'forever', namely, with no time limit set ––– with
no statute of limitation. The fact that someone builds a house, a shed, a
driveway, a fence, or whatnot, on your land is another issue; it happens
everyday everywhere.
Read again Jeremiah chapter 32, and recall verse 15:
כי כה אמר יהוה צבאות אלהי ישראל עוד יקנו בתים ושדות וכרמים בארץ הזאת
and tell me if he was right, or what.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
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