maklelan Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 John Walton's new book, The Lost World of Genesis 1 has been receiving a lot of attention recently among biblical scholars (see here, here, here, here, here, and here). The book is a fresh look at Genesis 1 that some claim will change the way academia views creation. I think the book is important for biblical scholarship, but may also be fascinating to Latter-day Saints interested in the interpretation of Genesis 1 as a temple text, which is one of Walton's propositions. Following is a list of the first half of the chapters of his book:1 - Genesis is an Ancient Cosmology2 - Ancient Cosmology is Function Oriented3 - Create (Hebrew bara) Concerns Function4 - The Beginning State of Genesis 1 Is Nonfunctional5 - Days One to Three in Genesis 1 Establish Functions6 - Days Four to Six in Genesis 1 Install Functionaries7 - Divine Rest is in A Temple8 - The Cosmos is a Temple9 - The Seven Days of Genesis 1 Relate to the Cosmic Temple Inauguration10 - The Seven Days of Genesis 1 Do Not Concern Material Origins Link to comment
David T Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Looks extraordinarily fascinating to me, as this has been a recent focus of my studies (and blog). Has anyone here read it? Link to comment
maklelan Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Looks extraordinarily fascinating to me, as this has been a recent focus of my studies (and blog). Has anyone here read it?I've read a bit of it, and it's a little on the devotional side (Evangelical), but the author has a more academic treatment of this research coming out soon. It's rather inexpensive, and I think it's worth the $11 for anyone looking for good research in this vein. Link to comment
David T Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Think I'll wait for the later edition, and keep reading my Margaret Barker while I'm waiting. Link to comment
Ron Beron Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 John Walton's new book, The Lost World of Genesis 1 has been receiving a lot of attention recently among biblical scholars (see here, here, here, here, here, and here). The book is a fresh look at Genesis 1 that some claim will change the way academia views creation. I think the book is important for biblical scholarship, but may also be fascinating to Latter-day Saints interested in the interpretation of Genesis 1 as a temple text, which is one of Walton's propositions. Following is a list of the first half of the chapters of his book:1 - Genesis is an Ancient Cosmology2 - Ancient Cosmology is Function Oriented3 - "Create (Hebrew bara) Concerns Function4 - The Beginning State of Genesis 1 Is Nonfunctional5 - Days One to Three in Genesis 1 Establish Functions6 - Days Four to Six in Genesis 1 Install Functionaries7 - Divine Rest is in A Temple8 - The Cosmos is a Temple9 - The Seven Days of Genesis 1 Relate to the Cosmic Temple Inauguration10 - The Seven Days of Genesis 1 Do Not Concern Material OriginsMak, you really should stop posting these delicious tomes. I can't afford all of them, but.... Link to comment
Kevin Christensen Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 This sounds interesting. Once of Nibley's last essays was on the Book of Abraham account as a temple drama. And Margaret Barker has offered a similar approach, seeing the text as describing the ritual of erecting the desert tabernacle (portable temple), rather than the creation of a planet.Kevin ChristensenPittsburgh, PA Link to comment
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