->"adam" - man OR humanity in general ->the word translated as "sleep" also means "stop, pause, delay" ->the word translated as "rib" (he pronounced it something like tseyla or tseila, I'm not sure of the spelling) actually has a primary meaning of "strength" and only the seventh or so meaning is "rib". ->"hava" or "hawa" (translated as Eve) meaning the ability to procreate. |
*"adam" - man OR humanity in general *the word translated as "sleep" also means "stop, pause, delay" *the word translated as "rib" (he pronounced it something like tseyla or tseila, I'm not sure of the spelling) actually has a primary meaning of "strength" and only the seventh or so meaning is "rib". *"hava" or "hawa" (translated as Eve) meaning the ability to procreate. |
:I honestly have no idea. However, for one thing, Genesis was written in Hebrew, not Syriac. I also think it somewhat unlikely that traditional understandings going back millenia are wrong, but I suppose they could be. -- SJK |
:I honestly have no idea. However, for one thing, Genesis was written in Hebrew, not Syriac. I also think it somewhat unlikely that traditional understandings going back millenia are wrong, but I suppose they could be. -- SJK I was just mentioning that he knew Syriac as a sidenote. The translation was from Hebrew. --KamikazeArchon |
Is there a way to revise this paragraph to indicate that a 'myth' usually dates from antiquity?
And that the authorship is always untraceable? I mean, it's too late for anyone to create any new myths, because the rest of us would know who wrote it -- or at least when.
--Ed Poor
"it's too late for anyone to create any new myths"