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Andrews University Digital Commons @ Andrews University Memory, Meaning & Life Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary 7-28-2010 Randal Younker On Reading Genesis Roy Gane Andrews University, gane@andrews.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/mml Recommended Citation Gane, Roy, "Randal Younker On Reading Genesis" (2010). Memory, Meaning & Life. 47. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/mml/47 This Blog Post is brought to you for free and open access by the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Digital Commons @ Andrews University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Memory, Meaning & Life by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Andrews University. For more information, please contact repository@andrews.edu. The Wayback Machine - http://web.archive.org/web/20120713023720/http://www.memorymeaningfaith.org/blog/2010/…Memory, Meaning & FaithMainAboutArchivesJuly 28, 2010Randal Younker On Reading GenesisRandall Younker describes one approach to interpretation of the Creation account in Genesis:Generally, this school of thought has denied that the author of Genesis intended the narratives to be understood literallyor historically. Rather, these narratives were intended to be read in a non-literal way. Some argue that the text ismythological; some say it is poetic-a literary artwork not meant to be understood literally; some say it is theological;some say it is symbolic. Some have proposed interpretations that the days of Genesis were not 24-hour days, and thatthe Flood was local instead of global-or not real at all. A number of Adventist scholars have been attracted to theinterpretations of this school. ("A Literal Reading of Genesis," Perspective Digest 15/3 [2010]: 34).__________Click here, to read Roy Gane's assessment of attempts to harmonize Genesis with science.Posted by Roy Gane on July 28, 2010 in History of Interpretation, Quotable, Science and Theology | PermalinkSave to del.icio.us | The Way…Comments You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.Verify your CommentPreviewing your CommentPosted by:  | This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted. Post    Edit   Your comment could not be posted. Error type:Your comment has been posted. Post another commentThe letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. Please try again.As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This preventsautomated programs from posting comments.Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate. Continue  ContactArchivesFeedsPowered by TypePad Copyright © 2010 Andrews University

Randal Younker On Reading Genesis

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