>To stop being negative and only pointing
>out what Genesis 1 can't mean, I'll put forward my conclusion that Genesis
>1 is an intentional apologetic for "Sabbath" written in such a way as to be
>so clear to any original Hebrew reader that thinking it had to do with
>correcting or even addressing 20th century cosmological or biological
>theories would be laughable.
Care to enlarge on your view of Genesis 1 as an apologetic for Sabbath?
I'd like to hear more.
John
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