Did Adam Exist?

by Vern Poythress

Publishers:

Westminster Seminary Press; P&R

, 2014

Overview

Can we still believe in a historical Adam? Vern Poythress offers a theologically and scientifically informed evaluation of the claims that genetic analyses show Adam could not have existed. Written to equip and strengthen laypeople in their defense of the faith, Christian Answers to Hard Questions challenges contemporary opposition to Christianity with concise, practical answers.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Because the religious assumptions have already been incorporated into the ‘scientific’ theory in the form of underlying assumptions about lack of purpose and gradualism.” (Pages 12–13)

“proteins are the backbone of chemical machinery inside a cell.” (Page 14)

Product Details

• Title: Did Adam Exist?
• Author: Vern Poythress
• Series: Christian Answers to Hard Questions
• Publishers: Westminster Seminary Press, P&R
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Pages: 39
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Adam (Biblical figure); Bible and science
• ISBNs: 9781596389175, 9781596389182, 9781596389199, 1596389176, 1596389184, 1596389192
• Resource ID: LLS:DIDADAMEXIST
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:18:15Z

About Vern Poythress

Vern Sheridan Poythress (b. 1946) is an evangelical philosopher, theologian, and Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Westminster Theological Seminary where he has taught since 1976. In 1981 he was ordained as a teaching elder in the Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Synod, which later merged with the Presbyterian Church in America.