Why I No Longer Think Walton’s View Of Genesis 1 Functions

For a few years now, I have settled on a particular reading of Genesis 1, most popularly endorsed by the biblical scholar John Walton in books like “The Lost World Of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and The Origins Debate” (a popular level book) and “Genesis 1 As Ancient Cosmology” (A scholarly level book). John Walton’s thesis in a nutshell is that the 7 days of Genesis 1 are 7 24-hour days in which God only ascribes functions to all of the things in the universe, rather than physically bringing...