tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726364731790997789.post1541943691206668649..comments2023-05-30T05:13:43.153-04:00Comments on Emerging From Babel: The rational orderliness of the cosmos as evidence of a Creatorstchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018824090441668781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726364731790997789.post-67161293805729367082007-11-23T05:40:00.000-05:002007-11-23T05:40:00.000-05:00The difference between emend and amend is a little...The difference between <I>emend</I> and <I>amend</I> is a little odd. Both come from the same Latin verb, the former directly and the latter through French. Current usage suggests to me that outside the discipline of textual criticism (secular and religious) they are now heading for being synonymous. Consequently I only use <I>emend</I> for correcting textual details. I use <I>amend</I> for improvements in the sense of substantial rewriting to make the meaning clearer, amd for things like moral improvement as in "amend your ways".Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326403777027937887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726364731790997789.post-40140160868522951852007-11-21T09:47:00.000-05:002007-11-21T09:47:00.000-05:00• Phil:As I understand it, the connection bet...• Phil:<BR/>As I understand it, the connection between creation and cult is precisely along the lines Doug discusses. In the act of creating, God overcame the forces of chaos and established order. The priests participate in that project in their turn: by means of their sacrifices, the ever-threatening forces of chaos are beaten back, and the orderliness of creation is maintained.<BR/><BR/>Somehow, I suspect scientists wouldn't see the cultic contribution as rational.<BR/><BR/>• Doug:<BR/>And now you have me musing over the distinction between <EM>amend</EM> and <EM>emend</EM>. You used the latter, and I recognize that it's the convention among biblical scholars. But the dictionary definition of <EM>amend</EM> also refers to making changes to a document.<BR/><BR/>I'll leave <EM>amend</EM> in the text, but I suspect it makes me look like I'm not in the know!stchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04018824090441668781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726364731790997789.post-21488148472557206162007-11-21T07:35:00.000-05:002007-11-21T07:35:00.000-05:00Thank you Stephen. I have accepted your emendation...Thank you Stephen. I have accepted your emendation into the text - so that will confuse things nicely!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326403777027937887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726364731790997789.post-42434845993472511922007-11-21T04:40:00.000-05:002007-11-21T04:40:00.000-05:00Given the 'priestly' nature of Gen. 1, I wonder wh...Given the 'priestly' nature of Gen. 1, I wonder what role the 'cultic' plays in all this ...Phil Sumpterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.com