> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
> Behalf Of Dan Eumurian
> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 11:37 AM
> To: asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: Re: Adam never met Eve
>
>
> FWIW, I used to have a copy of _Ancient Orient and Old Testament_, by
> Kenneth Kitchen, published probably over 20 years ago. The book used
> archaeological findings to verify scriptural accounts. One that comes to
> mind is the covenantal ceremony in Gen. 15:9ff., which was said to be
> similar to other ceremonies of that time period.
>
One must remember that many of the ceremonies mentioned in the Bible are
widespread in primitive cultures. Places of refuge are common where someone
can flee to and be safe. Oaths involving the slaying of an animal as a bond
are also widespread.
glenn
see http://www.flash.net/~mortongr/dmd.htm
for lots of creation/evolution information
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