Literary Structure and Creation, with John Walton: Genesis 1

<p><a title= "https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/faculty/john-walton/" href= "https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/faculty/john-walton/">Dr. John Walton</a>, Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton Graduate School, author of many books and articles relating to the background, literature, and theology of the Old Testament, has contributed several episodes to this podcast. How does the <em>literary</em> <em>structure</em> of Genesis 1, when compared with other creation accounts from the ancient near east as well as other biblical texts, inform the meaning of all the days of creation and highlight God’s rest on the seventh day?</p>