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You're misreading this simple text. It's talking about primal elements and how something formed out of formlessness and emptiness. At the point where an actual
by otabdeveloper4 7y ago
You're misreading this simple text.
It's talking about primal elements and how something formed out of formlessness and emptiness. At the point where an actual "earth" (e.g., a planet) is formed there is no mention of it being covered with water; more like the opposite.
- mac_was 7y ago> Spirit of God was hovering over the waters Looks pretty clear to me?
- otabdeveloper4 7y agoTo the writers and readers of this text "the waters" would have meant, first and foremost, the primal element. Not the literal stuff floating in puddles. The correct analogy for a person from 2020 would be "chemical elements", or even "atoms and molecules".
- mcv 7y agoInteresting perspective. It's certainly worth keeping in mind that words from ancient texts may have had meanings that we currently don't recognise anymore. This sounds quite plausible.