Peter: Can you explain more why this is a difficulty?
The book of Ezra has its first six chapters recounting what went on before Ezra entered the scene. Ezra is first introduced in 7:1. So what is the difficulty? Karl W. Randolph. On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:33 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends of B-Heb, > > by comparing Haggai and Ezra I found a problem that I can't solve on my > own: > > In Haggai 2,18 it states: "from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S > temple was laid" (NKJ) > > In Ezra 3,10 we read: "When the builders laid the foundation of the temple > of the LORD" (NKJ) > > In both instances the writer uses the verb JaSaD. What is the difference > between both occurences, as a foundation can't be laid twice, I guess, and > there are some years between both passages. > > Is it better to understand the verb as "beginning to build" rather than > laying the foundation? > > Thank you again for all help ! > Yours > Peter M. Streitenberger, Germany > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
