Sorry, Ted, but that's taking your own definition and expectation of what should and shouldn't be classified as 'THE' beginning, and using that as the measure; or it is assuming that the writer of Gen 1 had your definitions. Either way, this is a backward method, I'm afraid. The question is what the writer thought he/she was doing. This is not a theological question that seeks to answer the question through what other biblical writers may have expressed, but rather a literary question: what does the author of specifically Gen 1 want to convey?
GEORGE ATHAS Dean of Research, Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au) Sydney, Australia From: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Thursday, 6 September 2012 7:18 AM To: George Athas <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, B-Hebrew <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] ] A VISUAL EXPRESSION OF A THEOLOGICAL IDEA OF THESKY/HEAVEN ( Rolf's Response 4) 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 _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
