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

No apologies necessary -- but actually you seem to be way ahead of me in
some argument I am not acquainted with. Trying to get a flat earth out
of some verses isn't what I was thinking. I was simply interested in
an example where "yom" doesn't mean 24 hours -- which to my thinking,
presents a problem to YECs who insist it must. But the answer that is
probably given is that Adam's death refers to a spiritual one that did
happen in the same moment. Thus young earth people are probably
willing to see the spiritual context of "die" but not of "day".

--merv

Michael Roberts wrote:

> 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)
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>> 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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