RE: [asa] RE: [asa] Believing Scripture but Playing by Science's Rules

Dick,

In Hebrew adam means human being. What does adamu mean in Akkadian?

Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Dick Fischer wrote:

> For example, the name "Pedro" or "Ivan" does not proliferate in China.
> Why? Can we not reasonably infer that kids are named after their
> fathers and forefathers? Why wouldn't the name "Adamu," or Adam in
> Hebrew, proliferate among generations from whom the Bible says they
> came? Wouldn't Adamic generations be prone to name their children after
> him? And they did! By contrast the name is not found among the nearby
> Sumerians or Egyptians. Why? Because Adam was not in their family
> tree.
>
> Thus the Bible traces the children of Israel back to Adam. It does not
> trace unrelated generations back to Adam. That's the little mistake we
> have made in interpretation that hinders us in satisfactorily
> reconciling Genesis with modern anthropology. Placing Adam in recent
> history precludes him from being ancestral to everyone on earth.
>
> 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 Dave Wallace
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 5:27 PM
> To: Dick Fischer
> Cc: ASA
> Subject: Re: [asa] RE: [asa] Believing Scripture but Playing by
> Science's Rules
>
> Sorry Dick somehow I do not understand the point of your post and what I
>
> am supposed to be convinced of. In any case while some names are
> reasonably obvious where they come from, others seem to be in more
> doubt.
>
> Dave
>
> Dick Fischer wrote:
>
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>> Need more convincing?
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>> Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association
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