The Naked Bible faithful already know that I liked John’s book, despite some quibbles. Vern Poythress of Westminster Seminary doesn’t. Here’s John’s response.
John Walton Responds to Vern Poythress’s Review of The Lost World of Genesis 1
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Oh well, hopefully Poythress will be more careful next time.
As long as Dr Walton gets people thinking about ANE culture in respect to Gen then its a good job well done, i’d still go with the polemic nature of Gen rather than cosmic temple just for simplicity if i was ever asked, its a good job nobody ever asks ! 🙂
@Nobunaga:
I think there are elements of both, personally.
I wouldn’t disagree with that, but as a non ANE scholar i’m not as familiar with the temple cosmologies of other ANE cultures so it’s difficult to see a parallel with it, and the polemic language is something i can get my teeth into straight away as i see the differences with Israels neighbors and their cosmologies. Perhaps my view will change with more education about ANE culture. I was hoping the book was going to delve into other ANE cosmologies a bit more, but i’m sure there are a ton of books out there for that kind of stuff.
@Nobunaga:
you should get the book.
What book DR Waltons (lost world Gen one) ? yeah got it, read it in a week it was very good, i had some minor issues but nothing major very good book. I Have passed it on to my minister in the Church. I think its important people know about the ANE culture and how it effects Biblical writers.