Hello Isaac: Thanks for your comments.
You could be right, since I am but the consumer 1,000 years removed, rather than the creator, of the masoretic text. But ... how do you read עד עולם in genesis 13:15; and in the context of 2 chronicles 36:17? "forever?" "eternally?" And if so, how do you define "forever" and "eternally" in terms of length of time? Or perhaps you understand עד עולם in this particular context, in yet a third and different manner? I look forward to hearing from you, on your precise meaning of this phrase in this verse? I note in closing that surely someone else's house stands on that land today at this very moment. regards, fred burlingame On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Isaac Fried <[email protected]> wrote: > I am sorry to have to say this, but this talk of a "hidden" period of time > is in my opinion a symptom of a basic misunderstanding of the workings and > nature of the Hebrew language. The rest is theology. > > Isaac Fried, Boston University > > > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
