There's a consensus among contemporary biblical scholars that the doctrine of creation ex nihilo is a late Hellenistic development. Or is it? In Reconsidering Creation Ex Nihilo in Genesis 1, Nathan J. Chambers re-evaluates Hebrew terms, ancient Near Eastern cosmologies, major thinkers (Augustine, Aquinas, etc.), and modern commentators (Levenson, Gunkel, Childs, etc.) for some startling conclusions.
