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

Hi Don, you wrote:

>>And in the context of Genesis 1 the word "yom" signifies a 24 hour day.<<

Not so fast. Reflect on Psalm 90:4 where specifically God's time and man's
time are dissimilar. Only God's time applies before man makes his entrance.
Or read my entire article, "Days of Creation: Hours or Eons" in PSCF.

http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1990/PSCF3-90Fischer.html

>>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.<<

One possibility. Not the only one.

Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association

Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History

www.genesisproclaimed.org

-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Don Nield
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 7:36 PM
To: Mervin Bitikofer
Cc: Iain Strachan; asa@calvin.edu; D. F. Siemens, Jr.
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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