Pastor Daniel's Bible Notes

Adventist Scholarly Papers on Understanding the Creation Story

• In the Beginning: How to Interpret Genesis 1 (Richard M. Davidson)
• A Biblical Theology of Creation (Richard M. Davidson)
• The Creation Account in Genesis 1: Our World Only or the Universe? (Ferdinand O. Regalado)
• Can We Have It Both Ways? (L. James Gibson)
• Days of Genesis 1: Literal or Nonliteral? (Walter M. Booth)
• The Biblical Account of Origins (Richard M. Davidson, Andrews University)
• Earth's First Sanctuary: Genesis 1–3 and Parallel Creation Accounts (Richard M. Davidson)

Genesis 1:1-5

• Interpretation of Bereʼšît in the Context of Genesis 1:1-3 (Jiri Moskala, Andrews University)
• An Apologia for an Earlier Commencement for Day 1 of Creation: A Structural Analysis Based on a Work Correspondence (Sven Andrew Mark Ostring)
• Issues in "Intermediate" Models of Origins (Jim Gibson)

Genesis 1:6-8

the “expanse”

* The Myth of the Solid Heavenly Dome: Another Look at the RĀQÎAʿ (Randall W. Younker, Richard M. Davidson)