0112 This is the last blog concerning this particular book. I post this blog first, because WordPress places the latest blog closest to the top for each month. Chronologically, the first blog in a series appears last on the month’s list and the last blog eventually appears first. There is a certain logic to this, which I appreciate and adjust my posts accordingly. My goal is to limit my examinations to one-month duration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
0113 I summarize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
0114 First, Part Three of Craig’s book<\/em> associates to Genesis 1:26, the intention of man<\/em>. The time frame corresponds to the period after the domestication of fire<\/em> and before the speciation of anatomically modern humans<\/em>. Our religious sensibilities evolve during this period, as discussed in the e-masterwork, The Human Niche<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 0115 Second, Part Two of Craig’s book<\/em> attempts to define Genesis 2:4-11 as mytho-history. The attempt turns Craig’s definition into an inquiry concerning the first singularity<\/em>. The first singularity<\/em> associates to the start of the Ubaid culture of southern Mesopotamia<\/em>. The hypothesis of the first singularity<\/em> explains why our current Lebenswelt<\/em> is not the same as the Lebenswelt that we evolved in<\/em>. The consequences of the first singularity<\/em> are captured by the stories of Adam and Eve<\/em>. This is a theme in the e-masterwork, An Archaeology of the Fall<\/em>, by Razie Mah, available at smashwords and other e-book venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 0116 Third, Part One of Craig’s book<\/em> sets a path to a category-based nested form, defining3<\/sub> the stories of Adam and Eve2<\/sub>as emerging from (and situating) Jewish covenantal history (meaning1<\/sub>), the ancient Near East and Genesis 1-11 (presence1<\/sub>), and the notion that Adam originates humanity’s tragic flaw (message1<\/sub>). The categorical structure of definition is introduced in the e-masterwork, How to Define the Word “Religion”<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 0117 Fourth, Part One<\/em> presents ten family resemblances<\/em> characterizing the term, “myth”<\/em>. These family resemblances associate to all the elements in a three-tier interscope. The interscope is a relational structure, presented in the e-work, A Primer on Sensible and Social Construction<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 0118 Fifth, Part Two<\/em> fills in the interscope of myth<\/em> with the ten family resemblances, leading to an understanding that Genesis 2:4-11 and the origin stories of the ancient Near East pertain to the same prehistoric events and processes, occurring during the Ubaid, the Uruk and the Sumerian Dynastic archaeological periods<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 0119 Sixth, Part Three<\/em> fails to capitalize on the fact that both the Genesis Primeval History and the origin stories of the ancient Near East portray a recent creation of humanity. This failure follows a lacuna in the modern discipline of Anthropology<\/em>, which does not envision that our current Lebenswelt<\/em> is not the Lebenswelt that we evolved in<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why does modern Anthropology not register the first singularity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Modern Anthropology<\/em> self-identifies as science. Modern Anthropology<\/em> belongs to the waning Age of Ideas<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The hypothesis of the first singularity<\/em> belongs to the dawning Age of Triadic Relations<\/em>. Peirce’s philosophy opens a new, semiotic consciousness. That consciousness calls for a postmodern Anthropology<\/em> radically different from what modern intellectuals call “postmodern”<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 0120 My thanks to William Lane Craig, for demonstrating the beauty of good English prose, even while missing the mark in his quest for the historical Adam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 0112 This is the last blog concerning this particular book. I post this blog first, because WordPress places the latest blog closest to the top for each month. Chronologically, the first blog in a series appears last on the month’s list and the last blog eventually appears first. There is a certain logic to this, which I appreciate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,142,156,143,155],"tags":[64,30,201,203,198,68,39,29,45,119,91,111,44,200,101,199],"class_list":["post-5628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-an-archaeology-of-the-fall","category-first-singularity","category-genesis-1-11","category-romans-512-19","category-stories-of-adam-and-eve","tag-adam-and-eve","tag-an-archaeology-of-the-fall","tag-ancient-near-east","tag-archaeology","tag-augustine-of-hippo","tag-bible","tag-category-based-nested-form","tag-first-singularity","tag-genesis","tag-human-evolution","tag-myth","tag-original-sin","tag-science","tag-sumeria","tag-ubaid","tag-uruk"],"yoast_head":"\n