Re: Oy, meh hayah lanu

In article <slrndh6t9r.8co.ronaaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Ron Aaron <ron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:36:52 +0000 (UTC), Herman Rubin
><hrubin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> We have read the same words, and translated them quite
>> differently. This indicates the problems with understanding
>> the meaning of what is said.

>Yes, particularly when divorcing the reading of the words with any
>understanding of the culture to which they were addressed, as you two do.

Assuming that God was trying to get the idea of Creation
across in terms which they could understand back then,
I suggest you try to see if you can do better. This is
not a far-fetched approach; how would you get across the
idea of "plasma" to someone in the second millennium BCE?

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