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0001 William Lane Craig publishes a work of erudition, titled, In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration<\/em> (Wm. B. Eerdman’s Publishing, Grand Rapids, MI, ISBN 978-0-8028-79911-0).  The bibliography contains over 250 references.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part One discusses what is at stake<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part Two covers the Biblical “data” concerning Adam<\/em> and runs 210 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part Three covers scientific evidence about the start of humanity<\/em> (broadly defined) and runs 117 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0002 Overall, the first two-thirds of the book discusses the importance of the historical Adam<\/em> and explores what types of stories are contained in Genesis 2.4-11<\/em>.  Then, the final one-third addresses the question, “If humanity descends from a single couple, then where would we locate that couple in the scientific story of human evolution?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0003 Clearly, this professor would have been assisted by glancing at the masterworks in the Razie Mah series, The Human Niche<\/em>, An Archaeology of the Fall<\/em> and How To Define the Word “Religion”<\/em>, available at smashwords and other electronic book venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0004 Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every sentence in this book is well composed and carefully reasoned.  But, Craig’s quest ends at a location that is anything but.  He writes (more or less), “Adam may be plausibly identified as a member of Homo heidelbergensis,<\/em> living 750,000 years ago.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The quest ends where the book should have started<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, the title could have been, “What if Adam and Eve are really the first humans?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if, indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0006 Craig’s argument presumes, all along, that Adam and Eve are the first humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this examination, I do not neglect the opposing question, “What if they are not?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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