Epistemic Angst

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Min (species)

The word min (species) is limited to P Gen 1:11 1:12 (twice) 1:21 (twice) 1:24 (twice) 1:25 (thrice) 6:20 (thrice) 7:14 (quadruple) Lev 11:14 11:15 11:16 11:19 11:22 (quadruple) 11:29[= Deut 14:13 14:14 14:15 14:18]. It is also found in Ezekiel 47:10. Ezekiel's language is close to P's.

On the one hand, this word is very frequent (30 times) so its being limited to P is startling. On the other hand, it tends to appear in groups, so its being limited to P can be explained by the fact that P verses are generally assigned to P because they are near other P verses.

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