RE: [asa] Jonathan Wells essay

>>> "Dick Fischer" <dickfischer@verizon.net> 01/30/07 10:02 AM >>>writes:
 
Okay, the camel's nose got under the tent so it was invited to dinner.
I'd hardly call that "positive." I would submit that the Genesis
chapters have been thoroughly misunderstood by both camps, by those who
tried to take it literally and by those who sought escape routes. If
either camp had bothered to cast a glance at the history of the ancient
Near East in conjunction with the creation account then that could have
had some positive results. Who bothered?

Ted responds:
I would say that one person who bothered to read Genesis in light of what
we know about the ancient Near East is Conray Hyers, whose essay "Dinosaur
Religion" greatly helps my students to understand the importance of cultural
context and literary genre for doing biblical hermeneutics. This is my
NUMBER ONE recommended article on origins issues, bar none. I put it above
articles by scientists, historians, philosophers, theologians, and other
biblical scholars.

It's also one of our own--ie, an article from PSCF. It ought to be getting
thousands of annual hits, but sadly it is not very well known.

Here it is:
http://www.asa3.org/aSA/PSCF/1984/JASA9-84Hyers.html

ted

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Received on Tue Jan 30 10:19:21 2007