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

I certainly agree that one possible -- even probable -- interpretation of
Genesis is as a polemic against foreign gods. However, I don't think that gives
us license to just sweep the meaning of yom under the carpet.

--- Don Nield <d.nield@auckland.ac.nz> 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
>
> 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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Bill Hamilton
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Received on Tue Aug 1 07:41:18 2006