Dr Paul Allen

The Genealogical Adam and Eve – An interview with Ben Withington Having first read William Lane Craig's fascinating book, The Quest for the Historical Adam, that book kept mentioning a computational geneticist named Joshua Swamidass as a dialogue partner.  I’d better read his book about the genealogical Adam and Eve.  Right off the bat, as a Biblical scholar, both books are excellent, and both, in my view, have some significant exegetical deficiencies, which is not entirely surprising since Craig is a philosopher and Swamidass, is a scientist.   Regarding the ethos of each book, Craig is more definitive and specific about his conclusions, and Swamidass is more open to a variety of possibilities though he takes a definite position on the genealogical as opposed to the genetic ancestry we all have, particularly regarding Adam and Eve. Both books affirm that yes, there was a historical Adam, with Craig thinking it must have been hundreds of thousands of years ago, and S...

English: The story of the Eden Garden. The temptation of Adam & Eve by the devil. Pedestal of the statue of Madonna with Child, western portal (of the Virgin), of Notre-Dame de Paris, France Français : L'histoire du Jardin d'Eden. Au premier plan la tentation d'Adam & Eve par le Diable. Base de la statue de la Vierge à l'Enfant, trumeau du portail de la Vierge, Façade ouest de Notre-Dame de Paris. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Though Christ may be alluded to in the creation story (along with the Holy Spirit, part of the “us” of Genesis 3:14-15 ), the first prophecy about him comes  shortly thereafter in Genesis 3:15 . After Adam and Eve’s rebellion, God doled  out punishments to those involved: first to the serpent , then to Eve and finally to Adam. When God told the serpent that he would “put enmity” between  the serpent and Eve, he was referring not only to their story but also to the  story of all of humankind—a story plagued by the evil one, Sa...