[Stultis]

I don't look at these chapters as attempt of God to explain the sequence of natural history, but rather as divinely inspired poetry that conveys a message of the strength of God's creative power.

A good exposition of this thesis:

[Stultis]

Specifically Hyers argues that Genesis 1 & 2 is principally a polemic against the surrounding polytheistic cultures. The point isn't chronology, science, etc, but rather emphasizing that stars, planets, sun, moon etc are created things; not gods or some other sort of divine, sacred entities as in the polytheistic scheme.

[Quark2005]

Looks like a good read. (Usually I glance at references made to books on FR and move on, but this actually looks fascinating to me). Do you recommend it?