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To: stefanbatory
Found this doing a search on the Nebra disk

A bit of relativity?

40 Days

19 posted on 08/23/2010 7:09:21 PM PDT by bigheadfred (apoplectic purple)
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To: bigheadfred

That idea is not supported in the text of Genesis.

There is considerable temporal information in the chapter that is in full agreement with the 40 days.

Perhaps the 40 days became accepted as a general idiom for a long period because of that text?


21 posted on 08/23/2010 7:22:07 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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