Concepts of God (The nature of a \'Creator\')

by David Turell , Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 17:58 (4467 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

Incidentally, this is also hinted at in the wording that they used. Man was only referred to as 'man' at first. It wasn't until later that Adam was used as a proper name. Could this be a hint that prior to that, he wasn't self aware?-My favorite Jewish scholar of the Hebrew translates 'Audum' differently. Yes, it eventually became Adam, but it is really a pleural word and by comparing it with other entries that establishes it as pleural, he feels the word should really be translated as 'mankind or humankind'.-In the second version of the creation is the verse to which you refer in your previous entry: "And the Lord God formed the human of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the human became a living soul." (2:7) Specifically dust and the breathing of a soul (neshama). The only tranlations I trust are directly from Hebrew scholars.-I think you are construing too much from the translations you are using . My source is "In the Beginnng Of" by Judah Landa, 2004. He does relate his translation to current cosmology.