The Genesis Account of Origins: When, Who, How, and What?

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Richard M. Davidson, PhD, is J. N. Andrews Professor of Old Testament Interpretation at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University where he has taught since 1979. Dr. Davidson has authored articles dealing with issues of science and theology that include “The Biblical Evidence for the Universality of the Genesis Flood,” Origins 22, no. 2 (1995): 58–73; “The Flood,” in Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, ed. Walter A. Elwell (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1996), 261–263; “The Biblical Account of Origins,” JATS 14, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 4-43; “The Genesis Flood Narrative: Crucial Issues in the Current Debate,” AUSS 42, no. 1 (2004): 49–77; and “The Genesis Account of Origins,” in The Genesis Creation Account and Its Reverberations in the Old Testament, ed. Gerald A. Klingbeil (Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 2015), 59–129 (articles available at www.andrews .academia.edu/RichardDavidson). Additional publications include the following books: Typology in Scripture (Andrews University Press, 1981); A Love Song for the Sabbath (Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988); In the Footsteps of Joshua (Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1995); Biblical Hermeneutics (in Romanian; Editura CARD, 2003); Flame of Yahweh: Sexuality in the Old Testament (Hendrickson Publishers, 2007); and (co-authored with Leonard Brand) Choose You This Day: Why It Matters What You Believe about Creation (Pacific Press, 2013).