----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Austerberry" <cfauster@creighton.edu>
To: <asa@lists.calvin.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 4:46 PM
Subject: Genesis 30 translation and interpretation
> Though attempts to defend the Bible as a science text are a waste of time,
some attempts to discredit the Bible based on science are also misguided.
>
> If interested in my take on such a weblog debate re. Jacob, Laban, and
genetics in Genesis 30, see http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/646/
Chuck -
Westermann's comment on the matter in his smaller Genesis commentary
is perhaps of interest: "There are magical notions in the background, but
the critical element in the case of Jacob is his intention to breed for a
specific purpose by using his knowledge of animal behavior." [Claus
Westermann, Genesis: A Practical Commentary (William B. Eerdmans, Grand
Rapids MI, 1987), p.214.]
Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
Received on Wed Jun 2 20:32:06 2004
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