God Said!

[cbro]

35tn The language describing the cosmos, which reflects a prescientific view of the world, must be interpreted as phenomenal, describing what appears to be the case. The sun and the moon are not in the sky (below the clouds), but from the viewpoint of a person standing on the earth, they appear that way. Even today we use similar phenomenological expressions, such as “the sun is rising” or “the stars in the sky.” from NET Bible notes on Bible.org

If this is true, then God did not say it or the expanse in Gen.ch 1 is not our "sky". Correct?

[Mark_S]

35tn The language describing the cosmos, which reflects a prescientific view of the world, must be interpreted as phenomenal, describing what appears to be the case. The sun and the moon are not in the sky (below the clouds), but from the viewpoint of a person standing on the earth, they appear that way. Even today we use similar phenomenological expressions, such as “the sun is rising” or “the stars in the sky.” from NET Bible notes on Bible.org

If this is true, then God did not say it or the expanse in Gen.ch 1 is not our "sky". Correct?

I don't think the Sun, moon and stars ever appeared to be below the clouds to me, and I'm certainly no expert here, but we have in verse 1 God creating the heavens (plural). In verses 6-8 God seperating the waters and calling the waters above the earth "heaven" (singular). And finally in verses 14-18 He makes the Sun moon and stars in the heavens (again plural and stated twice)

There aren't a whole lot of words in Biblical Hebrew so perhaps the plural "Heavens" implies that there is multiple heaven/sky/space above our atmosphere which, of course, we know to be true.

Hope I answered your question

Regards,
Mark

[Cyrus of Persia]

I believe that the description is made so the ancient man could understand it. So taken from his viewpoint Sun and Moon is really in our sky.

[cbro]

[QUOTE=Mark_S]I don't think the Sun, moon and stars ever appeared to be below the clouds to me, and I'm certainly no expert here, but we have in verse 1 God creating the heavens (plural). In verses 6-8 God seperating the waters and calling the waters above the earth "heaven" (singular). And finally in verses 14-18 He makes the Sun moon and stars in the heavens (again plural and stated twice)

There aren't a whole lot of words in Biblical Hebrew so perhaps the plural "Heavens" implies that there is multiple heaven/sky/space above our atmosphere which, of course, we know to be true.

Hope I answered your question

Regards,
Mark
My real question was if the note I posted was showing a liberal bias against God's authorship of the Bible or was Cyrus of Persia correct in saying "the description is made so the ancient man could understand it."

[cbro]

[QUOTE=cbro][QUOTE=Mark_S]I don't think the Sun, moon and stars ever appeared to be below the clouds to me, and I'm certainly no expert here, but we have in verse 1 God creating the heavens (plural). In verses 6-8 God seperating the waters and calling the waters above the earth "heaven" (singular). And finally in verses 14-18 He makes the Sun moon and stars in the heavens (again plural and stated twice)

There aren't a whole lot of words in Biblical Hebrew so perhaps the plural "Heavens" implies that there is multiple heaven/sky/space above our atmosphere which, of course, we know to be true.

Hope I answered your question

Regards,
Mark
My real question was if the note I posted from the NET bible was showing a liberal bias against God's authorship of the Bible or was Cyrus of Persia correct in saying "the description is made so the ancient man could understand it."

No answer from anyone?

[cbro]

[QUOTE=cbro][QUOTE=cbro][QUOTE=Mark_S]I don't think the Sun, moon and stars ever appeared to be below the clouds to me, and I'm certainly no expert here, but we have in verse 1 God creating the heavens (plural). In verses 6-8 God seperating the waters and calling the waters above the earth "heaven" (singular). And finally in verses 14-18 He makes the Sun moon and stars in the heavens (again plural and stated twice)

There aren't a whole lot of words in Biblical Hebrew so perhaps the plural "Heavens" implies that there is multiple heaven/sky/space above our atmosphere which, of course, we know to be true.

Hope I answered your question

Regards,
Mark
My real question was if the note I posted from the NET bible was showing a liberal bias against God's authorship of the Bible or was Cyrus of Persia correct in saying "the description is made so the ancient man could understand it."

No answer from anyone?Why is that? Is it so obvious that it is not worth the time? Or is it ambarassing how liberal is the NET bible?