tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post3722995314869308295..comments2023-08-11T07:31:46.923-04:00Comments on Thoughts and Theology: Days and years in GenesisJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-74343579027667975332014-12-06T19:56:49.110-05:002014-12-06T19:56:49.110-05:00"Yom" is the Hebrew word for 'day.&#..."Yom" is the Hebrew word for 'day.' When found in its plural form the word is translated in numerous ways including; age, life, season and years. Its first two occurrences are found in Genesis 1:5. When "yom" is accompanied by a numerical adjective, it always means a 24-hour day. For example: 'yom ehad' (day one).<br /><br />Also see:<br /><a href="http://www.gotquestions.org/genesis-days.html" rel="nofollow">Question: "Does Genesis chapter 1 mean literal 24-hour days?"</a>Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-89922790682099885092011-07-29T22:04:38.582-04:002011-07-29T22:04:38.582-04:00Thanks, Jon. I looked at your site, and I also ema...Thanks, Jon. I looked at your site, and I also emailed the link to a friend who may be interested in one or both books.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-76922430717708368182011-07-29T15:09:01.470-04:002011-07-29T15:09:01.470-04:00HI Jeff!
I wanted to let you know that my second ...HI Jeff!<br /><br />I wanted to let you know that my second book has just been released. It is entitled, "The Days of Laméch" and is a prequel to my "Peleg" book. (Laméch was Noah's father.)<br /><br />Info for both books (online availability at amazon, autographed copies, and e-books) can be found at http://www.daysofpeleg.com .<br /><br />Thanks for your interest!<br /><br />Jon SaboeJon Saboehttp://www.daysofpeleg.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-50117787806795744722008-04-26T17:21:00.000-04:002008-04-26T17:21:00.000-04:00Jon,I liked where you distinguished between fact a...Jon,<BR/><BR/>I liked where you distinguished between fact and fiction on your page here:<BR/>http://www.daysofpeleg.com/factfiction.php<BR/><BR/>This brings to mind the book/movie "The DaVinci Code," where, though it is fiction, it is nevertheless touted by some to be fact, or at least a good theory. There was a failure (intentional?) to clearly distinguish between fact and fiction here. Many books have been written containing fictional accounts relating to biblical events, but most of the others clearly and explicitly represent themselves as fictional. With "The DaVinci Code," the fact/fiction line was not drawn clearly enough, as evidenced by a number of people I have spoken with who believe that the book is non-fiction.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-71902797329479462382008-04-26T17:16:00.000-04:002008-04-26T17:16:00.000-04:00Hi again Jon,I was just reading your article on "R...Hi again Jon,<BR/><BR/>I was just reading your article on "Racism Taught in Public Schools," and I found it so fascinating that I emailed the link to those in my Address Book. For anyone reading this, the page is:<BR/>http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=198629990&blogID=363539759<BR/><BR/>I found one paragraph that you wrote, Jon, interesting:<BR/><I>As recently as 1906, a captured pygmy was on exhibit in the Bronx Zoo in New York's Zoological Park. He was caged with an orangutan, and visitors were encouraged to find similarities. (See One Blood: The Biblical Answer to Racism, Master Books. 1999)</I><BR/><BR/>I made a comment regarding that exact incident in one of my comments on this page:<BR/>http://jeffjenkinsocala.blogspot.com/2008/01/theory-of-desperation.html<BR/><BR/>For anyone too lazy to copy and paste that long URL address in order to go to that page, here is what I wrote in the Comments section:<BR/><BR/>"Ota Benga: The African Native Put Into a Cage<BR/><BR/>After Darwin advanced the claim with his book The Descent of Man that man evolved from ape-like living beings, he started to seek fossils to support this contention. However, some evolutionists believed that "half-man half-ape" creatures were to be found not only in the fossil record, but also alive in various parts of the world. In the early 20th century, these pursuits for "living transitional links" led to unfortunate incidents, one of the cruellest of which is the story of a Pygmy by the name of Ota Benga.<BR/><BR/>Ota Benga was captured in 1904 by an evolutionist researcher in the Congo. In his own tongue, his name meant "friend". He had a wife and two children. Chained and caged like an animal, he was taken to the USA where evolutionist scientists displayed him to the public in the St Louis World Fair along with other ape species and introduced him as "the closest transitional link to man". Two years later, they took him to the Bronx Zoo in New York and there they exhibited him under the denomination of "ancient ancestors of man" along with a few chimpanzees, a gorilla named Dinah, and an orang-utan called Dohung. Dr William T. Hornaday, the zoo's evolutionist director gave long speeches on how proud he was to have this exceptional "transitional form" in his zoo and treated caged Ota Benga as if he were an ordinary animal. Unable to bear the treatment he was subjected to, Ota Benga eventually committed suicide."<BR/>http://www.evolutiondeceit.com/chapter9.php"Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-37102499385216922112008-04-26T13:54:00.000-04:002008-04-26T13:54:00.000-04:00Jon,One other thing I wanted to mention: regardin...Jon,<BR/><BR/>One other thing I wanted to mention: regarding the Israelites crossing the Red Sea, the "12 inches" thing is exactly what they were teaching at a Lutheran seminary I visited many years ago. They were teaching that the tide merely went out or something. Some have also tried to say that it was the Dead Sea, not the Red Sea. So your 'joke' there is very appropriate. It's also tragic how American seminaries are teaching such liberal theories that deny the miracles recorded in the Bible. However, the greatest miracle is that Jesus rose from the dead. And if they try to explain that away, and deny that it happened, then they can't really call themselves Christians, because that is the root of Christianity.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-50415321952418840932008-04-26T13:50:00.000-04:002008-04-26T13:50:00.000-04:00Hi, Jon.Thanks for leaving a comment. I went to y...Hi, Jon.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for leaving a comment. I went to your web page at http://www.daysofpeleg.com/ (I had to type it in manually, since clicking on the link you left didn't exactly work; it tried to take me to http://jeffjenkinsocala.blogspot.com/2008/04/www.daysofpeleg.com<BR/>...in other words, it looked for your website within my blog site, and since your website is outside my blog site, it couldn't find it.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I bookmarked your web page, and I will check it out further. That book sounds interesting. If its available on Amazon, I may buy it. But first, I will plan to check out your web page further.<BR/>Thanks again.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-26956292198711847302008-04-25T09:09:00.000-04:002008-04-25T09:09:00.000-04:00Hey Jeff!Good thinking. Reminds me of the liberal...Hey Jeff!<BR/><BR/>Good thinking. Reminds me of the liberal preacher who said that the Red Sea that the Israelites crossed was only 12 inches deep, at which point, someone shouted "Praise the Lord!" When asked why, he said, "It's a miracle! The entire Egyptian army drowned in only 12 inches of water!"<BR/><BR/>My new novel, "The Days of Peleg" deals with the decreasing ages following the flood in an adventure story that mixes Sumerian mythology, Hebrew Midrash, and exciting new archeological finds.<BR/><BR/>You can check it out (along with numerous 5-star reviews) here:<BR/><A HREF="www.daysofpeleg.com" REL="nofollow">DaysOfPeleg.com</A>.<BR/>Jon SaboeJon Saboehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17513501592898803450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-25376591017762073882008-04-25T03:50:00.000-04:002008-04-25T03:50:00.000-04:00No problem, people can check my sites as well.:)No problem, people can check my sites as well.:)Dr. Russell Norman Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11505655776770812228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-43645337468089071702008-04-25T00:25:00.000-04:002008-04-25T00:25:00.000-04:00Russ,I know I already posted this controversial in...Russ,<BR/><BR/>I know I already posted this controversial info in comments on your blog site, but I'm posting it here again, since I'm running out of stuff to post. I'll be posting more stuff I created in Photoshop and Illustrator; and then I'll have to start writing more commentary on Scriptural passages; and I will probably search for more videos to post as well. I may also post quotes from books, or maybe even summaries of portions of books. If I get really desperate for material, maybe I'll even start adding journal entries, like a diary.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.com