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Evolution of Adam What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say about Human Origins

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ISBN-10: 158743315X

ISBN-13: 9781587433153

Edition: 2012

Authors: Peter Enns

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Can Christianity and evolution coexist? Traditional Christian teaching presents Jesus as reversing the effects of the Fall of Adam. However, an evolutionary view of beginnings doesn't allow for a historical Adam, making evolution seemingly incompatible with what Genesis and the apostle Paul say about him. For Christians who accept evolution and want to take the Bible seriously, this presents a faith-shaking tension.Peter Enns, an expert in biblical interpretation, offers a way forward by explaining how this tension is caused not by the discoveries of science but by false expectations about the biblical texts. Focusing on key biblical passages in the discussion, Enns demonstrates that the…    
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Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Brazos Press
Publication date: 1/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Why This Book?"Science and Faith" or "Evolution and Christianity"?Overview of the Book
Genesis: An Ancient Story of Israelite Self-Definition
Genesis and the Challenges of the Nineteenth Century:Science, Biblical Criticism, and Biblical Archaeology
When Was Genesis Written?
The Problem of the Pentateuch, Two Early Examples.
God Has Two Names * Wellhausen and a Postexilic Pentateuch . The Old Testament, the Exile, and Israel's
Self-Definition ,The Creation Story and the Church's Self-Definition
Stories of Origins from Israel's Neighbors
Genre Calibration,Genesis 1 and Enuma Elish
Genesis 1 and Monolatry,The Flood, Gilgamesh, and tAtrahasis,Israel's Second Creation Story,Adam and Atrahasis,Reorienting Expectations of Genesis and Human Origins
Israel and Primordial Time
Israel and the Cosmic Battle,Adam and Israel,Creation and Sanctuary,The Gospel and Primordial Time
Understanding Paul's Adam
Paul's Adam and the Old Testament
Doesn't Paul Settle the Matter?Not Paul's Adam
Paul as an Ancient Interpreter of the Old Testament
Paul as an Ancient Man ,Interpreting the Bible after the
Exile 'Various Adams of Jewish Interpreters ,Paul and
His Bible,Paul and His Interpreted Bible
Paul's Adam
Paul's Adam: The Historical First Man, Responsible for Universal Sin and Death Sin and Death without
Adam? .The One People of God The Solution Reveals the Plight
Conclusion: Adam Today: Nine Theses
Notes
Bibliography
Subject Index
Scripture Index