All discussions of big issues seem to find their way back to Genesis, don’t they? There’s just no other work comparable to it. And so also Joel Hoffman has again turned his attention to Genesis, specifically Rashi’s bit about b’reshit being a construct state noun, which would make the verse read, strangely, “In the beginning of God created the heavens and the earth.” He raises the interesting possibility that b’reshit might mean more than just the sum of its parts. Read his thoughts here.
in the beginning
All discussions of big issues seem to find their way back to Genesis, don’t they? There’s just no other work comparable to it. And so also Joel Hoffman has again turned his attention to Genesis, specifically Rashi’s bit about b’reshit being a construct state noun, which would make the verse read, strangely, “In the beginning of God created the heavens and the earth.” He raises the interesting possibility that b’reshit might mean more than just the sum of its parts. Read his thoughts here.
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