

The Genealogical Adam and Eve
The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry
Author: S. Joshua Swamidass
Narrator: Mirron Willis
Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 12/22/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Biblical Studies, Old Testament, Religion & Science
Includes:
Bonus Material
Synopsis
In The Genealogical Adam and Eve, S. Joshua Swamidass tests a scientific hypothesis: What if the traditional account is somehow true, with the origins of Adam and Eve taking place alongside evolution? Building on well-established but overlooked science, Swamidass explains how it's possible for Adam and Eve to be rightly identified as the ancestors of everyone. His analysis opens up new possibilities for understanding Adam and Eve, consistent both with current scientific consensus and with traditional readings of Scripture. These new possibilities open a conversation about what it means to be human.
In this book, Swamidass untangles several misunderstandings about the words human and ancestry, in both science and theology; explains how genetic and genealogical ancestry are different; and explores implications of genealogical ancestry for the theology of the image of God, the fall, and people "outside the garden."