Re: [asa] Query about a Genesis commentary

Hi, Keith,

Thanks, that was indeed it. With the help of some other pointers from other
ASA-ers on the list I managed to dig out your original post on the ASA list
where you recommended it (earlier this year). I thought your summary was
very good, and wondered if I could cross post what you wrote to A Theistic
Evolutionist discussion board on "Facebook". There is a creationist who
makes rather foolish comments on this list (e.g. that we don't know if
Revelation is figurative because it hasn't happened yet!), and I mentioned
this book which went into the details of the word-play in the Hebrew, but I
couldn't remember the details. As he's asked for the details, I wonder if
you'd mind if I cross-posted your summary to the Facebook discussion board?

Regards,
Iain

On 9/4/07, Keith Miller <kbmill@ksu.edu> wrote:
>
> > Some time back, someone on the list mentioned a commentary on the
> > early chapters of Genesis which dealt in detail with the word-play in
> > the Hebrew that is lost in translation & showed that the word play was
> > present to illustrate spiritual truths (indicating thereby that the
> > text was figurative rather than literal). As I recall the poster
> > stated that the author of this commentary was sceptical of evolution,
> > but not a creationist.
> >
> > Can anyone recall what the details of this book were? I'm afraid
> > that's all I can remember.
> >
> > Iain
>
> Based on your description above, that "someone" was probably me. The
> book in question is "In the Beginning" by Henri Blocher. Blocher is a
> conservative evangelical Hebrew scholar. His book is very accessible
> and does a good job of bringing out the nuances of the Hebrew.
>
> Keith
>
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