Comments on: B’resheet…Doug!

By: Mark Traphagen

Mark Traphagen — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 22:38:09 +0000

I tried to think of a comeback…then I said, “Nah, it’s Doug’s birthday thread…he get’s the last word.”

By: Doug Green

Doug Green — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 22:30:03 +0000

Daniel: The ellipsis is crucial.
You assume that Mark has (heretically) replaced “God” with “Doug” in the sentence “In the begining (i.e b’resheet) God …” But no. It’s “In the begining … Doug.” Actually, the ellipsis covers the rest of verse. And “Doug” stands in the place of “the earth” in v. 2. So the unelliptical version then reads: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now Doug was formless and empty …”
And that pretty well says it all.
DJG

By: Mark Traphagen

Mark Traphagen — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 23:50:51 +0000

Daniel….don’t you know that every day spent with Doug is like an age?

Just kidding, oh One Who Wieldeth the Crimson Pen!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:14:20 +0000

I don’t know much about Hebrew, but I think that if I were Doug I’d be offended to have the post entitled: “In the beginning … Doug.” I think that even literal, 6 24-hour day guys think that the earth is older than 52! (Though I have heard rumors to the contrary, of course…)

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:19:30 +0000

So Doug is entering his â€œprimeâ€?

Hmmmâ€¦guess at 48, Iâ€™m just beginning to â€œget evenâ€

Oh, Mark … don’t give me openings. Beware geeks who speak rare languages … I mean, didn’t this thread teach ya anything?

[Oh, and ... happy birthday, Doug. Us early-fall birthdays should stick together to stick it to Traphagen. ;)]

By: Mark Traphagen

Mark Traphagen — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 15:38:55 +0000

So Doug is entering his “prime”?

Hmmm…guess at 48, I’m just beginning to “get even”

By: John Eddy

John Eddy — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 15:36:12 +0000

best wishes from the back row upon the entering of your 53rd year.
a prime number, by the way.

By: Doug Green

Doug Green — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 14:46:17 +0000

(1) Thanks again everyone for the nice thoughts.
(2) I think I’ve found someone to teach the final semester of Hebrew at WTS next year: Joel “Renaissance Man” Garver.
Doug, trusting that Mark’s readers will understand that the heading “It Takes an Atheist” has no connection to my pic!

By: Mark Traphagen

Mark Traphagen — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 14:42:25 +0000

So, Joel…if my Hebrew is my “present suffering” is it an illustration of the New Humanity in Christ that here on this blog I wish my very oppressor a happy birthday?

JUST KIDDING, DOUG! I LOVE MY HEBREW TRANSLATING! REALLY! In fact, in your honor, dear professor, I am joyfully translating several chapters of Genesis today instead of being out in that nasty creation with all that dangerous sunshine!

By: Karyn

Karyn — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 14:32:37 +0000