{"id":10366,"date":"2026-04-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=10366"},"modified":"2025-10-25T09:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T09:44:05","slug":"looking-at-john-h-waltons-book-2025-new-explorations-in-the-lost-world-of-genesis-part-11-of-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=10366","title":{"rendered":"Looking at John H. Walton&#8217;s Book (2025) &#8220;New Explorations in the Lost World of Genesis&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0(Part 11 of 20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0112 Second, what does&nbsp;<em>the Lost World&#8217;s confounding with semiotics&nbsp;<\/em>imply?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The confounding takes&nbsp;<em>the shape of a sign-relation<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, the sign-interpretant (SI) of that sign-relation is a natural sign-relation (that is, an icon, an index or a symbol) that images, indicates or represents an off-screen mediation<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;and its potentials<sub>1<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me offer an example and loosen the screw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Walton,&nbsp;<em>the Egyptian word &#8220;Nut&#8221; as a name<\/em>&nbsp;(matter, SV) stands for&nbsp;<em>the solidity of the dome of the firmament&nbsp;<\/em>(form, SO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sign-relation is not complete without a sign-interpretant (SI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay, the SI corresponds a sign-relation where the form (SV<sub>SI<\/sub>) stands for its matter (SO<sub>SI<\/sub>) to&nbsp;<em>a picture, an indication or a representation of the off-screen mediation<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;and its potentials<sub>1<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;(SI<sub>SI<\/sub>) associated with&nbsp;<em>the Lost World dyad<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0113 Here is a picture of the example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide24-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide24-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide24-5.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide24-5-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0114 As soon as&nbsp;<em>semiotics as matter<\/em>&nbsp;is entangled with&nbsp;<em>the hylomorphe of the Lost World Project,&nbsp;<\/em>then the confounding takes&nbsp;<em>the shape of a sign-relation<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this example, the Egyptian word, &#8220;Nut&#8221;, as a name (matter, SV) stands for the solidity of the dome of the heavens (form, SO) in regards to another sign-relation that depicts&nbsp;<em>the way people think in the civilizations of the ancient Near East<\/em>&nbsp;(SI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0115 And, how do they think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The solidity of the dome of the heavens (matter, SV<sub>SI<\/sub>) stands for the divine being of &#8220;Nut&#8221; (form, SO<sub>SI<\/sub>) in regards to&nbsp;<em>a sign where the off-screen mediation as matter is entangled with the divine name as form<\/em>&nbsp;(SI<sub>SI<\/sub>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0116 Once again, what is that off-screen mediation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide25-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide25-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide25-5.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slide25-5-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0117 The off-screen elements are a normal context<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;and its potentials<sub>1<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;They cannot represent themselves, so they are pictured, pointed to or represented by the sign-interpretant (SI<sub>SI<\/sub>) within the entangled sign-interpretant (SI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consequently, I expect to that&nbsp;<em>people in ancient Egyptian civilization<\/em>&nbsp;ideate that&nbsp;<em>the solid dome of the heavens as matter<\/em>(SV<sub>SI<\/sub>) stands for&nbsp;<em>the divine being&#8230; 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