After a long wait, it is here. We are excited to announce the publication of the book, Perspectives on the Historical Adam and Eve. This book is a dialogue between four leading evangelical scholars, exploring the theological and scientific questions surrounding the historical Adam and Eve.
This book moves the dialogue forward, and is a must read for anyone interested in the conversation.
Currently, there are four basic approaches that Evangalicals are taking to the historical Adam and Eve, and reflecting how the origins debate has reconfigured in the last few years:
- No-Adam and Eve (Kenton L. Sparks)
- An Ancient Genealogical Adam and Eve (William Lane Craig)
- A Recent Genealogical Adam and Eve (Andrew Loke)
- Creationist (Marcus R. Ross)
In many ways, each of these scholars is responding to the work of S. Joshua Swamidass’ The Genealogical Adam and Eve. So it is fitting that Swamidass authored the afterword for this book. After being presented at the Evangelical Theological Society last year, portions of this afterword were adapted and published last month in Christianity Today.
The critics misunderstand a highly significant result. This book answers the twelve objections to evolution raised by Wayne Grudem.
Why do I prefer an ancient genealogical Adam over Josh’s hypothesized recent genealogical Adam? The reasons are both biblical and scientific.
The main concern about the Genealogical Adam and Eve model (GAE) is its assertion that humans already existed outside the Garden. My contention is that there is nothing new about this.
The biblical text gives us anchor points in our engagement with modern science even though it does not focus on a lot of the concerns that modern scientists have in their work.
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