I appreciate your work to quote other authors. Interesting how genesis compares to other cultures of the time. Two comments:
1) creating heaven and earth strongly suggests something from nothing, not just organizing chaos.
2) Moses did specify what day (yom) meant. He said “there was evening and morning, the second day”. He defined and numbered each of the days of creation week. Exodus 20:11 quotes God saying He created all in 6 days and rested on the seventh. Seems pretty clear to me.
I appreciate your work to quote other authors. Interesting how genesis compares to other cultures of the time. Two comments:
1) creating heaven and earth strongly suggests something from nothing, not just organizing chaos.
2) Moses did specify what day (yom) meant. He said “there was evening and morning, the second day”. He defined and numbered each of the days of creation week. Exodus 20:11 quotes God saying He created all in 6 days and rested on the seventh. Seems pretty clear to me.