Re: [asa] yom (was truth with love award)

Thank you, Don and Paul. Even if the meaning is considered
unimportant by scholars who don't buy into literalism in the first
place, it still can be a useful example of how literalism breaks down if
consistently applied.

Don Nield wrote:

> Merv:
> Yes, it is the same Hebrew word "yom". And this is where the argument
> begins. It my contention (and that of scholars such as James Barr)
> that in Biblical interpetation one is not at liberty to employ the
> full semantic range of a Hebrew word. Rather, the word has to be
> understood in context. And in the context of Genesis 1 the word "yom"
> signifies a 24 hour day. But the meaning of yom in Genesis becomes
> unimportnat if one is prepared to recognize that Genesis 1 is a
> polemic against foreign gods rather than science or history in the
> modern sense.
> Don
>

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Received on Mon Jul 31 22:50:42 2006