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

There is no problem with the "inaccurate" use of yom meaning 24 hours and
Genesis 1 vs 6-8 pointing to a flat earth. Just a clear case of
accommodation - a very mediaeval way of interpreting the Bible as opposed to
new-fangled concordist or literal interpretations.

Sorry to be so old-fashioned in my theology!

Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Nield" <d.nield@auckland.ac.nz>
To: "Mervin Bitikofer" <mrb22667@kansas.net>
Cc: "Iain Strachan" <igd.strachan@gmail.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>; "D. F.
Siemens, Jr." <dfsiemensjr@juno.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 12:36 AM
Subject: [asa] yom (was truth with love award)

> 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
>
> Mervin Bitikofer wrote:
>
>> I forgot to reply to this before -- but these examples both seem
>> excellent. And just for extra clarity and "point-driving punch" can
>> any of you who may be Hebrew scholars confirm whether or not the word for
>> "day" used in "in the day of thine eating of it" is the same Hebrew word
>> used previously in the Genesis 1 account?
>
>
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