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1. “notoutofthingsthatexist”(NRV), 2. “fromthingsthatarenot”(KJV),
3. “fromthingsnon-existent”(Wolfson).
Rom. 4:17
1. “thingsthatarenot”or“whichbenot”(NIV,KJV) 2. “thingsthatbenot”(Wycliffe)
Heb. 11:3
1. “invisiblethings”(Wycliffe)
2. “not(from)thingswhichdoappear”(KJV) 3. “not(from)whatisvisible”(NIV)
In these lines, there is a semantic motion from non- existent things (II Macc. 28-29, Rom. 4:17) to invisible things (Heb. 11:3). However, “invisible things” are not necessarily non- existent things, but could represent, for example, Plato’s intelligible, Eternal Forms.
By contrast, the three Genesis creation narratives (1:1- 2:4a,41 2:4b-3:2442) 3⁄4 mythic stories orally journeying the 2nd millennium Canaan of Israel’s ancestors, resembling Sumerian-
41 This refers to the “P” document redacted in the 6th century b.c. The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. An Illustrated Encyclopaedia. “Cosmogony.” Ed. Arthur Buttrick and Emory Stevens Bucke. Volume I. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1962. 703.
42 Some Yahwist (early Monarchy), P (during exile or later). Anderson, B.W. The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. An Illustrated Encyclopaedia. “Creation.” Ed. Arthur Buttrick and Emory Stevens Bucke. Volume I. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1962. 726.
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