Hi Glenn:
Welcome back to the list. I hope you will have a speedy recovery and =
continue to hassel with me for another thirty years. (Though I
honestly =
believe the next book is far more convincing.) As soon as I get the =
manuscript back from the proofreader I will be happy to email it to you.
What I tried to focus on this time was the historical underpinnings of =
early Genesis and it's connection with Mesopotamian history. This is =
the one thing that unites you and Ross and all the YEC's is that
history =
is unkind to your way of thinking. Even today Arabs make a
distinction =
between those who are Semitic through Joktan and those who are from
the =
line of Ham. Josephus covers the early history of the post-flood
period =
and the grandsons of Noah are linked to identifiable populations that =
reappear in the Old Testament and in history books. Noah's grandson =
Elam appears in Iranian history books. Ashur is legendary. Almost =
every person named in Genesis ten only two or three generations
removed =
from Noah can be traced to cultures that existed in the first and
second =
millenium BC. I don't know where you could stuff in a few thousand =
extra years let alone millions.
The legend of Adapa I have mentioned before. Archibald Sayce over 100 =
years ago said it was mistranslated. It should have been rendered =
"Adamu." Yet when Pritchard published it, "Adapa" became the accepted =
translation. Had Pritchard heeded Sayce the argument could have ended =
fifty years ago. When Akkadian becomes Hebrew the nominative "u" is =
dropped and Adamu becomes "Adam."
Further, Adamu as a personal name has been found in at least three =
separate Semitic populations, but not among the Sumerians or any other =
culture. Those related carried the name to further generations, those =
unrelated, didn't.
I know you are really looking for another giant battle over semantics =
and alternate translations, but I do believe when you see the entirety =
of Genesis 2-11 in a logical continuum of historical information you
may =
rethink your position.
Tubal-cain aside, wasn't Cain a farmer and Abel a shepherd? Even Adam =
knew how to bake bread. When are you suggesting these advances in =
culture took place, and name one anthropologist, Christian or
otherwise, =
who agrees with you.
Dick Fischer - Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org
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