[Avodah] Local, Non-Global or Global Flood

[Zev Sero]

On 29/11/2010 7:18 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 06:53:04PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
>> Sigh.  I haven't got the patience to go through the rest of your
>> invalid arguments, but I can't let this one pass by.  *No, he doesn't*.
>> It is simply a sheker.  Read the very page that you cited; it couldn't
>> be clearer.  It says (as everyone knows and agrees) that "yamim" can and
>> often does mean a year.  It makes no such claim about "yom".
>
> Before you call something a lie... I am waiting for you to prove that
> a word and its plural mean different things. That's an artificial
> distinction that you need to show. Until then, I feel free to assume
> that if yamim achadim can be years, than yom can be a year...

Since when is "yamim" meaning year the plural of "yom"?

At any rate, the Radak does not say what you claim he says.  Surely
you must at least recognise that.


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