"… When we consider the import of these ideas for our reading of Genesis, to evaluate the extent to which they are reflected in the cognitive environment of Israel, it is appropriate to ask, “Is there any reason to think that a temple metaphor is present in any way in the Genesis cosmology?” If it is true that there is a close association between temple and cosmos in the cognitive environment, and if there is occasionally a connection between cosmology and temple building, it would hardly be surprising to find this kind of association in Genesis 1. Furthermore, in a variety of places elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible, the connection between temple and cosmos is evident, so the idea is hardly foreign to Israelite thinking. Particularly notable in this regard is Isaiah 66:1, which refers to a cosmos-sized temple, a connection between temple and rest, and a connection between creation and temple. …"