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John H. Walton
American biblical scholar and professor
John H. Walton (born 1952) is an Old Testamentscholar. He is Professor Emeritus at Wheaton College and was a Moody Bible Institute professor previously.[1] He specializes in the Ancient Near Eastern backgrounds of the Old Testament, especially Genesis and its creation account, as well as interpretation of Job.
Views on Genesis
Walton espouses a view of Genesis creation narrative that resonates with ancient Near Eastern mindsets, much like a temple dedication ceremony, and not a strictly material account of cosmological origins. He uses a restaurant as an analogy, arguing that a restaurant does not begin to exist when the material building is completed, but when the owner declares the restaurant open for business.[2] Through his book The Lost World of Genesis One he presents the Genesis creation as being functional rather than material.[3] This view is opposed by some theologians such as Vern Poythress[4][5] and young earth creationistKen Ham.[6][7]
Publications
Books
- Walton, John H (1989). Ancient Israelite Literature in its Cultural Context, A Survey of Parallels Between Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Texts. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
- ———; Hill, Andrew H. (1991). A Survey of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN .
- ——— (1994). Covenant: God's Purpose, God's Plan. Harper Collins. ISBN .
- ——— (2001). Genesis. NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
- ——— (2004). Old Testament Today. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
- ——— (2006). Essential Bible Companion. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
- ——— (2006). Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
- ——— (2008). Jonah. Expositor's Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
- ——— (2009). The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate. Downers Grove, IL: IVP.
- ——— (2011). Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology. Warsaw, IA: Eisenbrauns.
- ——— (2012). Job. NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
- ———; Sandy, D. Brent (2013). The Lost World of Scripture: Ancient Literary Culture and Biblical Authority. Downers Grove, IL: IVP.
- ——— (2015). The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2–3 and the Human Origins Debate. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic.
- ——— (2017). The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest: Covenant, Retribution, and the Fate of the Canaanites. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic. ISBN .
- ———; Longman, Tremper III (2018). The Lost World of the Flood: Mythology, Theology, and the Deluge Debate. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic. ISBN . OCLC 1011175969.
- ——— (2019). The Lost World of the Torah: Law as Covenant and Wisdom in Ancient Context. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic. ISBN .
- ———; Walton, J Harvey (2019). Demons and Spirits in Biblical Theology: Reading the Biblical Text in Its Cultural and Literary Context. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. ISBN .