tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035448389594767441.post1951875037434724707..comments2024-01-09T20:13:09.378+08:00Comments on Sorry,all the clever names are taken.: Oh, It's All So Clear, Now.Robert Simmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957786024332264856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035448389594767441.post-8972958261732390462009-10-23T02:39:58.488+08:002009-10-23T02:39:58.488+08:00I read the Telegraph article, and regardless of on...I read the Telegraph article, and regardless of one's religious beliefs, this scholar's interpretation is far from settled fact. Translation and interpretation of any text is as much art as science. You can't just say "I've figured it out!" and expect it to be accepted as truth. People should look at this finding, analyze it, study it, and accept it if it seems to be true, but they certainly shouldn't accept it uncritically. Professor van Wolde's statement that, "The traditional view of God the Creator is untenable now," is hardly true just because she says so. It needs to be subjected to scholarly criticism and research.<br /><br />Moreover, the article doesn't really address the content of her research. It says that she compared the Biblical creation narrative to other creation stories and placed it in context of the Bible as a whole but never actually mentions why any of these comparisons led her to the conclusion that she reached. It doesn't cite other uses of the word 'bara' that could be translated 'select' or 'separate.' Perhaps that is beyond the scope of this article, but it needs to be addressed before one's mind is made up about this particular point of interpretation.Will Johnstonhttp://politiclolz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035448389594767441.post-58168279620741677802009-10-09T22:33:54.577+08:002009-10-09T22:33:54.577+08:00That actually makes more sense than the Telegraph ...That actually makes more sense than the Telegraph article.Larry Denningerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015803653090711740noreply@blogger.com