Richard M. Davidson is J. N. Andrews Professor of Old Testament Interpretation at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. He has been with the Andrews faculty since 1979.

Born in California, Davidson attended Loma Linda University, Riverside, California, graduating in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theology. Two years later he earned his Master of Divinity degree summa cum laude from the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. He also received his doctorate in Biblical Studies at Andrews in 1981.

Before coming to Andrews Davidson served as an associate pastor of a Seventh-day Adventist church in Phoenix, Arizona, and as pastor of the Flagstaff Seventh-day Adventist Church for more than five years. He was ordained as a minister in Prescott, Arizona, in 1974. Davidson is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Evangelical Theological Society, and the Adventist Theological Society. He has presented over eighty scholarly papers at professional meetings of these societies and other venues. Davidson has written numerous articles for refereed journals and Adventist denominational papers, as well as various chapters in scholarly books.