From: Bill Ross (wross@farmerstel.com)
Date: Wed Dec 22 1999 - 20:19:34 EST
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class=413531201-23121999><Grant></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=413531201-23121999>...</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN class=019572800-23121999><<a) the highest ranking angel?
(as I have learned it)>><BR><SPAN class=413531201-23121999>[Bill
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=019572800-23121999><SPAN class=413531201-23121999>How fascinating language
is, especially in the context of the
Bible.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=019572800-23121999><SPAN class=413531201-23121999>The Hebrew word for
"beginning" as in "in the beginning" from my understanding has a
similar overlap of meaning:
top/beginning.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=019572800-23121999><SPAN class=413531201-23121999>If I am not mistaken,
Hebrew/Chaldee is considered to be great-grandparent to Greek somehow (via
Babel, though) so there may be some
echo...</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=019572800-23121999><SPAN class=413531201-23121999>Also, there is a
Biblical/Jewish relationship between that which comes first and that which ranks
higher:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
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class=413531201-23121999>John 1 30 OUTOS ESTIN UPER OU EGW EIPON
OPISW MOU ERCETAI ANHR OS EMPROSQEN MOU GEGONEN OTI PRWTOS MOU
HN<BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=019572800-23121999><SPAN class=413531201-23121999>Bill
Ross</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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