Whether Gen 1 describes creation ex niliho depends on the vowel under the initial bet in v.1. If we read BA it's ex niliho. If we read Be (shva) it's not.
Ted Brownstein Sent from my Verizon Wireless Droid -----Original message----- From: George Athas <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 20:54:13 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] ] A VISUAL EXPRESSION OF A THEOLOGICAL IDEA OF THESKY/HEAVEN ( Rolf's Response 4) Let's avoid getting into discussions of science and the age of the earth here. B-Hebrew isn't a forum for that discussion, interesting though it is. Ishinan, I think you've slightly misunderstood Jerry's post. He is arguing that Gen 1 specifically envisions a situation of chaos/disorder/vacuum (תהו ובהו) from which God creates an orderly universe. This is not to deny that there are other texts in the Hebrew Bible that see a creatio ex nihilo, but Gen 1 may not be one of those texts. GEORGE ATHAS Dean of Research, Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au) Sydney, Australia _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
