Genesis 1:26 has been a passage of scripture taken from the Old Testament by trinitarians to promote a trinitarian view, but is this truly an accurate position and interpretation? Yet the world of biblical and theological scholarship, which includes trinitarian scholars, seems to take an alternative view that Genesis 1:26 cannot stand for the proposition or interpretation
that it promotes a trinitarian view, concept or theology. It seems highly problematic to import into Genesis 1:26 a post-New Testament doctrine, such as the doctrine of the trinity, that took several hundred years to develop, which did not exist at the time of the author of Genesis. And then seek to re-interpret and re-characterize the Genesis story through the lenses and spectacles of the trinitarian, one substance three persons theology, that took shape after the New Testament period through various councils and Greek
influence. Therefore, this work reviews and assesses a number of studies that question whether in fact Genesis 1:26 refers to the trinity, while providing
legitimate alternative exegetical interpretations of the Genesis verse as it should have been viewed and seen in its original setting. By taking this approach it will assist in defining the true story or thinking behind Genesis 1:26.