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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Does "a literal history" mean "a true history"?
Context:
What are we to make of these descriptions? Did the writer
intend for this to be a literal depiction of precise chronological
steps, including days of twenty-four-hour duration (though the
sun was not created until day three, leaving open the question
of how long a day would have been before that)? If a literal de-
scription was intended, why then are there two stories that do
not entirely mesh with each other? Is this a poetic and even al-
legorical description, or a literal history?
What are we to make of these descriptions? Did the writer
intend for this to be a literal depiction of precise chronological
steps, including days of twenty-four-hour duration (though the
sun was not created until day three, leaving open the question
of how long a day would have been before that)? If a literal de-
scription was intended, why then are there two stories that do
not entirely mesh with each other? Is this a poetic and even al-
legorical description, or a literal history?
Top answer
NL888 a literal history Recorded precisely as events happened, with no embellishments, interpretations, exaggerations or bias.
- NL888 a literal history Recorded precisely as events happened, with no embellishments, interpretations, exaggerations or bias.
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NL888a literal historyRecorded precisely as events happened, with no embellishments, interpretations, exaggerations or bias.
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