I've read a preview copy and can say it should become a standard book on the shelves (or in the computers) of pastors, Christian counselors and anyone interested in thinking through what it means to have a Christian, biblical marriage.

Walton's position on creation in "The Historical Adam" is called the Archetypal Creation View. His essay there has the following summary: In my view, Adam and Eve are historical figures—real people in a real past. Nevertheless, I am persuaded that the biblical text in more interested in them as archetypal figures who represent all of humanity. This is particularly true in the account of Genesis 2 about their formation. I contend that the formation accounts are not addressing their material formation as biological specimens, but are addressing the formation of all humanity: we are all formed from dust, and we are gendered halves. If this is true, Genesis 2 is not making claims about biological origins of humanity, and therefore the Bible should not be viewed as offering competing claims against science about human origins. If this is true, Adam and Eve also may or may not be the first humans or parents of the entire human race. Such an archetypal focus is theologically viable and is well-represented in the ancient Near East.