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Old Testament Essays
On-line version ISSN 2312-3621
Print version ISSN 1010-9919
Abstract
RIECKER, Siegbert and KOOREVAAR, Hendrik J.. Die Bedeutung des Ausdrucks „am Tag ..." in Genesis 2,4 im Rahmen des Pentateuch. Old testam. essays [online]. 2020, vol.33, n.1, pp.80-106. ISSN 2312-3621. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2312-3621/2020/v33n1a6.
The interpretation of bdjam in Gen 2:4 as "when" in the sense of an unspecific period of time has often been used as an argument to defend an allegorical or figurative interpretation of the days of creation. A comparison with parallel grammatical constructions throughout the Pentateuch casts severe doubts on that idea, which are confirmed by a closer exegetical analysis of bdjôm in Gen 2:4b in its individual literary contexts (Gen 2:4a, 1:1, 2:5-3:24, especially the parallel narrative sequence following 5:1-2). Without "Systemzwang," all arguments point to the natural understanding of bdjöm in Gen 2:4 as "in the day," referring to a specific day, the first day of creation.
Keywords : Biblical days; D1'; creation; infinitivus constructus; Gen. 1:1; Gen. 2:4b.