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The days of creation: A semantic approach

http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v5/i1/semantic.asp

This site has a study of the Hebrew word for "day" which supports literal days and ends with a defense against five objections to that interpretation.

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Should Genesis be Taken Literally?

http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/feedback/2006/0113.asp

The author defends a literal view against the views that the creation account in Genesis might be poetry or parables or prophecy.

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A Defense of Literal Days in the Creation Week

http://www.dbts.edu/journals/2000/McCabe.pdf

The writer defends literal days with a semantic analysis of the Hebrew word for "day" and for qualifiers such as "first" and "second" as well as a discussion of "evening" and "morning."

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