[dartuser]

You must be new to these threads ... 'all the world' doesn't really mean ALL the world ... it means something less than all ... but enough to say 'all the world.'

You see?

[roamer_1]

You must be new to these threads ... 'all the world' doesn't really mean ALL the world ... it means something less than all ... but enough to say 'all the world.' You see?

Actually, I am somewhat sympathetic - 'Eretz' is probably what was used, and it can mean a whole lot of things, from 'vicinity' to 'land', to 'the whole land', to 'the whole world'... and it must derive it's meaning from the context - Where I disagree with our FRiend is in the context.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The Greek “pan” and derivatives can mean, depending on context, a literal “all” or something more like “all kinds of” or “all manner of.” The famous quotation about the love of money being the root of “all” evil uses the latter sense. There are of course evils which have nothing to do with the love of money.

Which one is intended has to be illuminated by a greater context.

There are two rival theories about what has happened to Israel of old. You “pays your money and takes your choice.” But I say Israel hasn’t disappeared, as one would expect if its role had fallen away, and its hardening is only in part and its hardships are not forever.