Abstract
Our recent paper, "Genesis Reconsidered,"1 has been criticized by Seely.2 He presupposes a model of watertight compartments of knowledge, a strict dichotomy between science and theology. He categorically rejects any legitimacy for our model of harmonization. He arbitrarily assumes that the writings of the biblical authors were absolutely bound to the science of their culture and time. But divine revelation implies the communication of contents at least some of which are unknown. Predictive prophecy concerns historical events hundreds or thousands of years ahead of time, and the retrospective prophecy of a creation account refers to events that occurred eons earlier. It was impossible for prophets to know, from their own cultural background, all of the contents of God's prophecies. They were often confronted with revelations they had to pronounce without fully understanding them (e.g., Dan. 9:20-27; 1 Pet. 1:10-12).