The genealogical Adam & Eve : the surprising science of universal ancestry / S. Joshua Swamidass.

By:

Swamidass, S. Joshua

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsityPress, [2019]Description: 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780830852635

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: The genealogical adam and eveDDC classification:

233/.11 23

LOC classification:

BT701.3 .S93 2019

Contents:

Part 1. Fracture. Courage, curiosity, empathy -- Part 2. Ancestor. A genealogical hypothesis ; Genetics is not genealogy ; Ancestors of everyone today ; Genealogical Adams and Eves ; The mythology of isolation ; Direct and miraculous creation -- Part 3. Human. Humans in science ; Humans in theology ; The error of polygenesis ; Humans of the text -- Part 4. Mystery. The splintering of traditions ; Recovering many traditions together ; A narrative experiment ; Falling into exile ; Justice, mercy, and ancestry ; Ending at a beginning -- Part 5. Crossroad. Tolerance, humility, patience -- Appendix. Evidence and the resurrection.

Summary: "What if the biblical creation account is true, with the origins of Adam and Eve taking place alongside evolution? Building on well-established but overlooked science, S. Joshua Swamidass explains how it's possible for Adam and Eve to be rightly identified as the ancestors of everyone, opening up new possibilities for understanding Adam and Eve consistent both with current scientific consensus and with traditional readings of Scripture"--

List(s) this item appears in: Novi naslovi_Veljača-Kolovoz 2020.

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Books	Biblijski institut - Amruševa	233.11SWAge (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		616889

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-241) and indexes.

Part 1. Fracture. Courage, curiosity, empathy --
Part 2. Ancestor. A genealogical hypothesis ; Genetics is not genealogy ; Ancestors of everyone today ; Genealogical Adams and Eves ; The mythology of isolation ; Direct and miraculous creation --
Part 3. Human. Humans in science ; Humans in theology ; The error of polygenesis ; Humans of the text --
Part 4. Mystery. The splintering of traditions ; Recovering many traditions together ; A narrative experiment ; Falling into exile ; Justice, mercy, and ancestry ; Ending at a beginning --
Part 5. Crossroad. Tolerance, humility, patience --
Appendix. Evidence and the resurrection.

"What if the biblical creation account is true, with the origins of Adam and Eve taking place alongside evolution? Building on well-established but overlooked science, S. Joshua Swamidass explains how it's possible for Adam and Eve to be rightly identified as the ancestors of everyone, opening up new possibilities for understanding Adam and Eve consistent both with current scientific consensus and with traditional readings of Scripture"--

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