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To: Ditto
So does that mean that Orthodox Jews who read the Bible in Hebrew agree with you on the literal 6 days of Creation?

To my knowledge, yes. A Jewish rabbi did the study on the usage of hebrew in Genesis (I can't think of his name at the moment) that came to the conclusion that it was, in fact, a six day creation.

BTW. Do you read Hebrew?

No, but I do read Arabic in a limited fashion and, both being semitic languages, share some characteristics. However, I don't need to read Hebrew: hebrew scholars are nice enough to read it for us and publish their research in english. I'm sure a google search would find much of this stuff.
134 posted on 11/14/2005 9:07:57 AM PST by JamesP81
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To: JamesP81; Ditto
Ditto wrote:
So does that mean that Orthodox Jews who read the Bible in Hebrew agree with you on the literal 6 days of Creation?

To which you said:
To my knowledge, yes.

While MANY Orthodox Jews accept a six-day creation, it is pertinent to point out that Orthodox Judaism is not unanimous on the subject. The famous British Orthodox Rabbi Dr. J. H. Hertz (1872-1946) wrote:

God the Creator and Lord of the Universe, which is the work of his goodness and wisdom; and Man, made in His image, who is to hallow his week-day labors by the blessedness of Sabbath-rest -- such are the teachings of the Creation chapter. It's purpose is to reveal these teachings to the children of man -- and not to serve as a text book of astronomy, geology, or antropology. Its object is not to teach scientific facts; but to proclaim highest religious truths respecting God, Man, and the Universe. The "conflict" between the fundamental realities of Religion and the established facts of Science, is seen to be unreal as the soon as Religion and Science each recognizes the true border of its domain.

216 posted on 11/14/2005 2:00:13 PM PST by Liberal Classic (No better friend, no worse enemy. Semper Fi.)
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