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.

Adam's Ancestors
Adam's Ancestors

Author: David N. Livingstone

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2011-03-15

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1421400650

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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.