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

Author: Peter Enns

Narrator: Bob Souer

Unabridged: 7 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/27/2020


Synopsis

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 author of Genesis and the apostle Paul wrote to ask and answer ancient questions for ancient people; the fact that they both speak of Adam does not determine whether Christians can accept evolution. This thought-provoking book helps readers reconcile the teachings of the Bible with the widely held evolutionary view of beginnings and will appeal to anyone interested in the Christianity-evolution debate.

About Peter Enns

Peter Enns is professor of Old Testament and biblical hermeneutics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Enns speaks at schools, churches, and seminars across the country and is a frequent contributor to journals and encyclopedias. He is the author of several books, including The Sin of Certainty, The Bible Tells Me So, Inspiration and Incarnation, and The Evolution of Adam.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ben on January 14, 2012

Peter Enns follows up his fascinating and controversial Inspiration and Incarnation with this equally fascinating and sure to be just as, if not more, controversial work on evolution and the Bible. A lot of good work has been done in recent years addressing how the creation account in Genesis 1 line......more

Goodreads review by Bob on April 23, 2013

I found myself torn in reading this book. Like the author, I disagree with the attempts to fit evolutionary science into the Procrustean bed of a literal reading of the early chapters of Genesis. And yet it seemed to me that the author felt compelled to fit Adam into the Procrustean bed of evolution......more

Goodreads review by Peter on August 10, 2019

Starts with a bang of brilliance, whimpers out with faith assertions The first 2/3 of book are loaded with very good insights, well worth buying for that. The remainder fizzles our with oh but zombie resurrection magic is real. Does a good job of analysis Rè Paul’s enculturated views but annoyingly k......more

Goodreads review by Kenneth on March 20, 2014

This book is an attempt to reconcile modern scientific and historical research and theory with the biblical narrative account of the Creation itself, and the creation (or not, according to the author) of Adam as an historical figure. The author gives little credibility to the idea of Mosaic authorsh......more