I do verse by verse expository preaching. To prepare myself for Genesis, I purchased 3 high-rated "conservative" commentaries that I researched online. I did this to glean from an array of sources. "The Genesis Account" was a fourth one I purchased, but was hardly mentioned in reviews and commentary lists. Now it has become my "go to" resource which I did not know would happen. Jonathan Sarfati not only shows scholarly exegetical considerations and stays with the literal recognition of a six day creation and a real worldwide Noah flood, but also weaves in information which meets and refutes the philosophy that the world must be seen through the Old Age influence lens of naturalists influencing Christians, instead of the other way around. He also touches on "form" and "documentary" philosophies in a way that brings out the most important considerations. So on p33 where he says "It is primarily a history book" he shows this to be true, and gives evidence to see it as accurate history at that.
Unlike, for example one of the commentaries I bought which is "The Book Of Genesis" by Victor Hamilton which is touted as one of the best "conservative" commentaries on Genesis by a lot of folks, I have not found any disappointing surprises with Sarfati's work. I think of Hamilton's odd assertion on p. 53 under Problems In Interpretation; Hamilton wrote, "And whoever wrote Gen. 1 believed he was talking about literal days. Now, over the last few centuries science has shown that it is absurd and preposterous to think that the universe was created in one week."
But with Sarfati's information and insights, I see others like Hamilton making absurd and preposterous moves with such bold naturalist "perspectives" of scientific data, and then Sarfati quickly going for checkmate in his more carefully handled insights into what science has shown. Sarfati did the same with Hamilton's "whoever wrote Gen. 1," making a strong case for the classic authorship of Moses.
Whether your presupposition is long age, or short age--poetic or literal, a mixture, or an "I don't know," I recommend getting this book. It has valuable insights to add to your thinking process.
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