The English word
"merism" comes from the ancient Greek word
"μερισμός" ≈ "partition, division" and, from 1894, is a literary device as a figure of speech that uses two extremes and
everything in between.
Search "high" and "low".
"young" and "old".
"evening" and "morning".
"confess" (incorrectly translated) and "deny"
Last "will" and "testament".
In the beginning, God created the "heaven" and the "earth".
Jesus uses the Greek word to refer to the "
cares" and "
concerns" of the "
world". That is, how everything is "
divided" or "
compartmentalized" where everyone wants to get their fair share (or more than their fair share).
A
merism is a form of
opinion, as in a
hyperbole.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [kjv]
בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארץ׃ [he]
εν αρχη εποιησεν ο θεος τον ουρανον και την γην [lxx]
Is "
heaven" and "
earth" a
merism that includes everything in between?
1. For those who consider "
earth" to be all of static "
space" (the universe as we know it) and "
heaven" to consist of "
time" (as we know it) there is no in between.
2. In computational terms, the "
earth" is like "
data" and "
code" (both interchangeable) and the "
heaven" is like "
running" the "
code" with the "
data" to, in effect, allow one to perceive "
time".
In the digital/discrete interpretation of 1 and 2, there is no in between and thus, no
merism that makes sense. What is the
integer value between
1 and
2?
