[Gershom]

I think Rashi's take on 1:6 backs this up. Before 1:6, the heavens had no form. The water wasn't solidifed (submlimated?) until 1:6, when the waters above were separated from the waters below. So the waters were created as part of the heavens, which agrees with Rambam's seeing 1:1-2 as the creation of a matrix from which the rest of creation proceeded.

[monkeyshine]

The water wasn't solidifed (submlimated?) until 1:6, when the waters above were separated from the waters below. So the waters were created as part of the heavens, which agrees with Rambam's seeing 1:1-2 as the creation of a matrix from which the rest of creation proceeded.

Yes, very interesting. This jibes with the comment that the waters weren't finished until day 3, as He did not say "it was good" on day two because the work was not yet perfected.