From: Ted Davis (tdavis@messiah.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 15 2003 - 22:51:14 EDT
Uncertainties about the interpretation of the "days" in Genesis go back to
the patristic period, they are not a result of modern science. This is esp
true for the first three days, which (so a number of writers held) predate
the sun's creation--where the sun and moon are expressly assigned the job of
marking out time and to divide the light from the darkness! The days were
often divided therefore into two sets: 1-3 and 4-6. It is abundantly
unclear, from the biblical text itself, that the "days" must be taken
literally.
ted
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