arens%UCBKIM@ucbvax.UUCP (06/25/83)
Date: 23 Jun 83 17:08:10 PDT (Thu) From: arens@UCBKIM (Yigal Arens) Subject: Re: Biblical literalness Message-Id: <8306240008.4611@UCBKIM.ARPA> Received: by UCBKIM.ARPA (3.340/3.5) id AA04611; 23 Jun 83 17:08:10 PDT (Thu) To: net-religion@BERKELEY In-Reply-To: Message from ucbmonet!arnold from June 20, 1983. I would like to add something that is probably not known to most people who read an English translation of the old testament and think that it is a correct one: There are approximately 8000 different Hebrew words (including noun-stems and verb-stems) used in the text of the old testament. Of these, A FULL ONE THIRD APPEAR EXACTLY ONCE. There are some obvious problems in trying to figure out what a lot of it really means. Yigal Arens UC Berkeley (soon USC)