Re: [asa] (dreamtime) "Evolutionary Creation" book comments

More than that, 'adham occurs only with the definite article through
chapters 2, 3 and 4. It isn't until 5:1 that it occurs without the article,
thus indicating that it's a name. NRSV translates "the man" in the earlier
chapters.

Shalom
George
http://home.roadrunner.com/~scitheologyglm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Nield" <d.nield@auckland.ac.nz>
To: "Murray Hogg" <muzhogg@netspace.net.au>
Cc: "ASA" <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [asa] (dreamtime) "Evolutionary Creation" book comments

>I agree with what Murray is saying. I add that even though it might be
>highly unlikely, other things being equal, that the figure was entirely
>fictitious, the fact that "adam'"is Hebrew for "man" increases the
>likelihood that the figure was meant to be representative rather than an
>individual.
> Don
>
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> Murray Hogg wrote:
>>
>>
>> Dehler, Bernie wrote:
>>> Therefore, to be precise, the Adam of that story was not a real guy,
>>> because the story is not real. It is merely a parable using well-known
>>> existing characters. Am I correct?
>>
>> Actually, to be precise, you are committing a category error.
>>
>> The claim "the story is not real" merely begs the question "real in what
>> sense?"
>>
>> To which your answer, as far as I can tell, is "real in the sense modern
>> history is real"
>>
>> My response: It's not modern history, thus your question ("was Adam
>> real") presumes a category error and allows of no answer.
>>
>> There is, simply put, NO WAY to tell from Genesis 1/2 whether Adam was a
>> "real" person even though, from what we know of pre-modern oral
>> tradition, it is highly unlikely that such a significant story would be
>> attached to an entirely fictitious figure.
>>
>> Blessings,
>> Murray
>>
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Received on Wed Sep 30 20:06:15 2009