Adam's Ancestors

Adam's Ancestors

Author: David N. Livingstone

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2008-04-28

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 0801888131

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Although the idea that all human beings are descended from Adam is a long standing conviction in the West, another version of this narrative exists - humans inhabited the Earth before, or alongside, Adam, and their descendants still occupy the planet. This book traces the history of and debates surrounding the idea of non-Adamic humanity.


The Genealogical Adam and Eve

The Genealogical Adam and Eve

Author: S. Joshua Swamidass

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2019-12-10

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0830865055

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What if the biblical creation account is true, with the origins of Adam and Eve taking place alongside evolution? Building on well-established but overlooked science, S. Joshua Swamidass explains how it's possible for Adam and Eve to be rightly identified as the ancestors of everyone, opening up new possibilities for understanding Adam and Eve consistent both with current scientific consensus and with traditional readings of Scripture.


Pre-Adamites and Antediluvian World

Pre-Adamites and Antediluvian World

Author: Zen Garcia

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781716610608

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I bring forth throughout the chapters of this book the story of the reign of the Dragon Lords and enslavement of the pre-Adamic peoples as connected to the legendary Atlantean myths of the antediluvian world. I explain how the creation of the heavens and the earth as a 'perfect work', and man initially to be not vain but inhabited according to Isaiah 45:18, ended up being destroyed by the rebellion of the angels and war which initially fought in the heavens, resulted in the earth becoming a deserted wasteland and an indistinguishable ruin. Examining in very thorough manner the Genesis 1:2 phrase 'and the earth was without form and void', I expound upon how this verse in the Hebrew, eretz hayyah tohuw wa bohuw, implies that a previous earth and age existed in our distant past before the earth was reformed, reestablish, and restored in habitation. Peter describes how the world that then was perished which in the Greek is the word, ἀπόλλυμι apóllymi, ap-ol'-loo-mee; which means to destroy fully, to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin; render useless, kill, to devote or give over to eternal misery in hell, to perish, be lost, ruined, or annihilated.


Adam and the Genome

Adam and the Genome

Author: Scot McKnight

Publisher: Brazos Press

Published: 2017-01-31

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 1493406744

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Genomic science indicates that humans descend not from an individual pair but from a large population. What does this mean for the basic claim of many Christians: that humans descend from Adam and Eve? Leading evangelical geneticist Dennis Venema and popular New Testament scholar Scot McKnight combine their expertise to offer informed guidance and answers to questions pertaining to evolution, genomic science, and the historical Adam. Some of the questions they explore include: - Is there credible evidence for evolution? - Do we descend from a population or are we the offspring of Adam and Eve? - Does taking the Bible seriously mean rejecting recent genomic science? - How do Genesis's creation stories reflect their ancient Near Eastern context, and how did Judaism understand the Adam and Eve of Genesis? - Doesn't Paul's use of Adam in the New Testament prove that Adam was a historical individual? The authors address up-to-date genomics data with expert commentary from both genetic and theological perspectives, showing that genome research and Scripture are not irreconcilable. Foreword by Tremper Longman III and afterword by Daniel Harrell.


Isaac la Peyrère (1596-1676)

Isaac la Peyrère (1596-1676)

Author: Richard H. Popkin

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1987-12-01

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9004246509

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Preliminary Material -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: The Life of Isaac La Peyrère -- Chapter Three: The History of the Pre-Adamite Theory from Ancient Times to La Peyrère -- Chapter Four: Biblical Criticism and Interpretation in La Peyrère -- Chapter Five: French Nationalist Messianism up to La Peyrère -- Chapter Six: La Peyrère's Heretical Theological Theories -- Chapter Seven: The Influence of La Peyrère's Biblical Criticism -- Chapter Eight: The Influence of La Peyrère's French Oriented Messianism -- Chapter Nine: The Pre-Adamite Theory in the Enlightenment, and the Scientific Conflicts of Polygenetic and Monogenetic Theories -- Chapter Ten: Pre-Adamism and Racism -- Chapter Eleven: La Peyrère's Legacy in the Twentieth Century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.


Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins

Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins

Author: Robert C. Bishop

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2018-12-04

Total Pages: 690

ISBN-13: 0830891641

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From five authors with over two decades of experience teaching origins together in the classroom, this is the first textbook to offer a full-fledged discussion of the scientific narrative of origins from the Big Bang through humankind, from biblical and theological perspectives. This work gives the reader a detailed picture of mainstream scientific theories of origins along with how they fit into the story of God's creative and redemptive action.