On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Jerry Shepherd <jshepherd53 AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Karl,
>
> Two things:
>
> (1) I, as well as many others, do not treat Gen 1 as creation ex nihilo. I
> believe that v. 1 is either a titular or summary statement for the entire
> chapter, that v. 2 is the background setting for the creation account, and
> that v. 3 is the first act of creation. Alternatively, v. 1 could be seen
> as a dependent clause, and either v. 2 or v. 3 as the first main clause (as
> in NRSV and Tanakh). In either case, I don't believe the chapter is giving
> an ex nihilo account.
>
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> Jerry Shepherd