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 TCers--I just recieved this from a Genesis listserv, and would like to get
your
help on the wording in Genesis 1.  Any help?  Thanks and God bless,
                        
                                                                      Jim
 
> I just listened to a tape called "Genesis Unbound" by a Dr. John
Sailhamer,
> who is a Hebrew scholar who claims that the Hebrew wording of Day 4 of
the
> Genesis account seems to indicate that the sun, moon, and stars were
> appointed to be lights to govern the seasons, and that the English
> translation skews it to mean that these bodies were created on that day.
> Does anyone know Hebrew well enough to verify or refute this claim? He
also
> holds to a modified gap, where Genesis 1:1 refers to an ancient creation.
> This interpretation would make the age of the universe irrelevant to
belief
> in the inerrancy of scriptures.  

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