What do you think of Sailhamer's interpretation of Genesis: Historical Creationism

[Reggie_O_Donoghue (RiderOnTheClouds)]

I see it as a real possibility, as I’ve discussed elsewhere, my argument is based on the fact that Genesis 1 and Ezekiel 28 both use temple imagery:

Could the Universe of Genesis 1 merely be Eden?

This is a notion which has been brought up by several scholars of the OT, perhaps most notably John Sailhamer. It is also endorsed by numerous pastors and theologians such as John Piper, and was apparently endorsed in early medieval rabbinical texts. I have already spoken of how Genesis 1 appears to be describing temple construction, in accordance with the great scholarship of John Walton. Here GK Beale explains how Eden is also described using temple imagery in Ezekiel 28. So is it possible th…

I disagree with Sailhamer that Adam and Eve had to be uniquely created however.