{"id":332482,"date":"2022-07-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reasons.org\/?p=332482"},"modified":"2022-07-20T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T12:00:00","slug":"critical-review-in-quest-of-the-historical-adam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reasons.org\/adam-eve\/first-humans\/critical-review-in-quest-of-the-historical-adam","title":{"rendered":"Critical Review: In Quest of the Historical Adam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the first edition of <em>Who Was Adam?<\/em>&nbsp;was published in 2005, very few evangelicals and conservative Christians made any real attempt at integrating the scientific and biblical insights about humanity\u2019s origin into a coherent model that treated both sets of data with integrity.&nbsp;Thankfully, today, a growing number of evangelical and conservative Christian scholars have taken on this project, including William Lane Craig with his latest work&nbsp;<em>In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This focus on the question of the historical Adam is much needed because, as Craig points out, the question of human origins is foundational to the Christian faith.&nbsp;Already an influential\u2014and controversial\u2014work,&nbsp;<em>In Quest of the Historical Adam<\/em>&nbsp;is an impressive, bold, interdisciplinary exploration into the historicity of Adam (and Eve). Craig analyzes key texts in the Old and New Testaments and concludes that Scripture indeed teaches that Adam was a historical person, who, along with Eve, served as humanity\u2019s progenitors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet, Craig adopts an evolutionary perspective on humanity\u2019s origin. To reconcile a human evolutionary history with the biblical account of humanity\u2019s creation, Craig first makes the case that Genesis 1\u201311 belongs to a genre called mytho-history\u2014a mythical account of our origins that is not to be understood literally. Still, according to Craig, this portion of Scripture references real historical figures, including Adam. Hence, Genesis 1\u201311 is a mytho-history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Craig then turns his attention to the scientific evidence. He seeks to locate Adam in evolutionary history and provisionally concludes that Adam (and Eve) lived between 750,000 and 1,000,000 years ago as a member of the hominin species&nbsp;<em>Homo heidelbergensis<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first glance, Craig\u2019s conclusion is likely to startle many people and create a strong sense of unease in others. And rightfully so.&nbsp;Even though Craig carefully and methodically argues his case, the radical nature of his conclusion raises legitimate biblical and scientific red flags.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have detailed some of my most salient concerns about Craig\u2019s ideas in an extensive critical review of&nbsp;<em>In Quest of the Historical Adam<\/em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">,<\/mark>&nbsp;first published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equip.org\/article\/who-was-adam-a-book-review-of-in-quest-of-the-historical-adam-by-william-lane-craig-special-limited-preview\/\">Christian Research Journal<\/a>. A more detailed and expansive version of my critical review is now available on our <a href=\"\/explore\/publications\/articles\/who-was-adam-wp\">website<\/a>. Though I don\u2019t agree with Craig and find significant scientific shortcomings with his model, I am glad that a scholar of Craig\u2019s stature has taken on the question of humanity\u2019s origins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is critical to recognize that all models have strengths and limitations. My hope is that amid our differences\u2014and our critiques of one another\u2019s ideas\u2014a collaborative spirit emerges in which we all work together to try to get it right instead of adopting a posture of insisting that we are right\u2014and others are wrong. 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