The Lost World of Genesis One

JOHN H. WALTON

Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

PROPOSITION 1:

Genesis 1 Is Ancient Cosmology . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

PROPOSITION 2:

Ancient Cosmology Is Function Oriented . . . . . . . . 23

PROPOSITION 3:

"Create" (Hebrew bara') Concerns Functions . . . . . . 38

PROPOSITION 4:

The Beginning State in Genesis 1 Is Nonfunctional . . . 47

PROPOSITION 5:

Days One to Three in Genesis 1 Establish Functions . . 54

PROPOSITION 6:

Days Four to Six in Genesis 1 Install Functionaries . . . 63

PROPOSITION 7:

Divine Rest Is in a Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

PROPOSITION 8:

The Cosmos Is a Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

PROPOSITION 9:

The Seven Days of Genesis 1 Relate to the Cosmic Temple Inauguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

PROPOSITION 10:

The Seven Days of Genesis 1 Do Not Concern Material Origins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

PROPOSITION 11:

"Functional Cosmic Temple" Offers Face-Value Exegesis. 102