Adam and the Tree of Knowledge

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Hello Ed & Joe!

At 10:20 AM 2/16/99 -0600, Ed Tyler wrote:

>>Joe

>>

>>I did a search on "day" and "die" in the Bible and found no examples of the

>>kind you're referring to.  Can you guide me to a particular verse?

>

>Ed

>

>I'm not sure that you find the precise wording elsewhere.  B. Gemser ("Motive

>Clause in Old Testament Law," VTSup 1 [1953] 50-66) notes that the appendation

>of a "not" + imperfect verb form to a motive clause is a characteristic feature

>of Hebrew law; the infinitive + qal (in this case "you will die") is

>characteristic of divine and royal threats in prophecies and narratives:  1 Sam

>14:39, 44; 22:16' 1 Kings 2:37. 42; 2 Kings 1:4, 6; and Ezek. 33:8,14 are

>offered as examples.  

>

>The phrase "on the day" merely emphasizes the promptness of action or

>consequence:  1 Kings 2:37 and 42 give excellent examples.



CREA
    And while it's not a precise fit, Joe can also take a look at Ezekiel
33:12 (KJV) where we can read:


  [Ez. 33:12]  "Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of 
                thy people,  The righteousness of the righteous shall 
                not deliver him in the day of his transgression:  as 
                for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall 
                thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness;  
                neither shall the righteous be able to live for his
                righteousness in the day that he sinneth."



CREA
    I think it ludicrous to assume that the thunder god of Sinai intended to
be understood here as referring to either a symbolic punishment or a delayed
execution of justice.



With Mettaa,

Joseph Crea
<Joseph.Crea@worldnet.att.net>

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