|Vol. IX, No. 7||© James B. Jordan, 1997||July, 1997| JOHN
SAILHAMER WEIGHS IN (IV) by James B. Jordan We conclude our
analysis of John Sailhamer's book Genesis Unbound: A Provocative
New Look at the Creation Account (Multnomah Books, 1996), which
argues that Genesis 1:2ff. is not about the creation of the
whole world, but about the preparation of the Land of Eden,
which is also the Promised Land. THE THIRD DAY In chapter 12,
Sailhamer discusses the third day. He states that "In Hebrew,
any `pool' of water regardless of size is called a `sea'" (p.
126). I don't know where he gets this. It is not evidently true.
A sea in the Bible is a large body of water. In a note he refers
to the Bronze Sea in the Temple of Solomon. The Bronze Ocean,
mounted on a pedestal, represents the waters above the
firmament, the heavenly ocean. It is not a pool. Sailhamer goes
on to say that the gathering of the waters "into one place"
clearly does not refer to the oceans, but to the various seas
and lakes of Palestine, which are gat