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1. See Goldingay, Israel’s Gospel, 69.
2. Ibid., 71. See also Brueggemann, 150–54.
3. Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations in this chapter are the author’s translation.
4. On the polemical nature of Gen 1, see Hasel, “Polemical Nature,” 81–102.
5. For comparisons between ancient Near Eastern creation accounts and Genesis, see, e.g., Gunkel, “Influence of Babylonian Mythology,” 25–52; Millard, “New Babylonian ‘Genesis Story,’” 3–18; Hasel, “Significance of the Cosmology of Genesis 1,” 1–14; Fisher, “Creation at Ugarit,” 313–24; Clifford, “Cosmogonies in the Ugaritic Texts,” 203–19. The most recent treatments of this issue come from John Walton. See Walton, Ancient Near Eastern Thought, 165–202; Walton, The Lost World of Genesis 1; Walton, The Lost World of Adam and Eve.
6. Johnston, “Genesis 1,” 179. Levenson (Creation and the Persistence of Evil, 66) acknowledges the lack of battle in Gen 1 but proposes its absence indicates it has already been won. See also Brueggemann, Old Testament Theology, 147.
7. Dyrness, Themes, 65.
8. See ibid., 63.
9. Ibid., 65.
10. Ibid., 66.
11. Merrill, Everlasting Dominion, 101.
12. Goldingay, Israel’s Gospel, 110.
13. Rich Mullins, “We Are Not as Strong as We Think We Are,” Songs (Reunion, 1996).
14. Golding, Israel’s Gospel, 57.
15. Wilson, Psalms, 558.
16. See Clifford, “Psalm 89,” 44–47.
17. Some early Christian scholars were quick to equate the personification of wisdom in Prov 8 with Jesus Christ. However, this connection is highly problematic theologically and not easily defended exegetically. For discussion, see Waltke, Proverbs 1–15, 127–30. For a brief history of interpretation of Prov 8:22 in early Christianity and Judaism, see Clifford, Proverbs, 98–99.
18. See Garrett, Proverbs, 108.
19. Clifford, Proverbs, 100. Contra Perdue, Proverbs, 142.
20. Garrett, Proverbs, 109.
