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The Genealogical Adam and Eve

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by S. Joshua Swamidass


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  GENERAL INDEX

  (Page numbers refer to print edition.)

  Abel, 143-144, 194, 198-199

  Aborigines, isolation of, 69. See also Australia, isolation of

  Abraham, 178, 195

  adam and Adam (Hebrew words), 137-138, 140-142, 147

  Adam and Eve. See also de novo, creation of Adam and Eve as; Genesis, creation accounts in; genetic ghosts; interbreeding, of Adam and Eve’s lineage with people outside Garden; Jesus, as last Adam; Mitochondrial Eve; monogenesis; original sin; Y-Chromosomal Adam

  biological parentage of, 83, 88

  dating of, 10, 57-59, 61-62, 64, 66, 77-78, 85, 110, 135, 138, 140, 147, 149, 163, 166-168, 170, 201, 205, 207-208

  as first in image of God, 111-112

  five views of origins of, 83

  as genealogical ancestors, 10, 31

  genome of as unremarkable, 50, 83, 85, 89

  historical, 114, 138, 158, 189

  interbreeding of with angels, 124, 144-145, 175, 202

  lineage of, geographical extent of, 136, 138-140, 146-147

  location of, 64, 119, 135, 137-138, 163, 176

  as monophyletic, 80, 84, 90

  as more like angels than humans, 108

  as mythological characters, 24, 137, 158, 160, 172, 180

  as not mentioned in early creeds, 157

  proof of existence of, 10, 28

  reproductive compatibility of with people outside Garden, 84, 86-87, 91, 115, 149

  as universal ancestors, 57, 120, 135-138

  unlikelihood of being progenitor couple, 38-40

  adamah, 137, 143, 146

  Alexander, C. J. Andrew, 112

  Alexander, Denis, 160, 168-169, 209

  aliens, 116-117, 173-174, 202-203

  Andaman Islands, isolation of, 70-71

  Answers in Genesis, 115, 202

  anthrōpos, 138, 140, 142

  antipodeans, 121, 123-124, 146

  apes

  common ancestry with, 12,
26, 54, 79, 87-88, 101-102, 125, 170, 178, 201

  differences of compared to humans, 128

  atonement, 199-200, 208

  Augustine, 122, 196

  Australia, isolation of, 72-74. See also dingoes, arrival of in Australia

  Averbeck, Richard, 15, 209

  Ayala, Francisco, 28

  Barth, Karl, 107

  bases (DNA), 34, 52

  Bathsheba, 186

  bestiality objection, 86, 113, 204

  biological humans, 133-134, 137, 145-146, 150, 171, 175, 179, 206

  BioLogos, 80, 104, 161

  Bob Jones University, 126-127

  Cain, 131, 136, 137, 143-146, 194, 198

  Calvin, John, 107

  Catholic doctrine, on monogenesis, 111-112, 123, 158. See also Humani Generis

  Chang, Joseph T., 43-44, 46, 49, 55, 65

  Chau, John Allen, 70

  Chicago Statements on Inerrancy and Hermeneutics, 13, 135, 137, 142, 157, 164-165

  chromosomes, 53

  definition of, 34

  sex, 34

  chronospecies, 100, 102

  church traditions, regarding account of human origins, 13, 118, 120-124, 130, 155-166, 169, 172, 174, 178, 180, 182-183, 201, 208-209, 215, 218-219. See also Genesis, creation accounts in; Scripture, and human origins

  civic dialogue, principles of, 13

  civilization, 167-168, 176-177, 181, 183-185, 191, 204-205, 207

  Clinton, Bill, 34

  Collins, C. John, 16-17, 31, 107, 169, 176, 188

  Collins, Francis, 34

  common descent, of people outside Garden, 10

  concordism, 204

  Coop, Graham, 68-69

  corruption, 189-191

  covenant theology, 168, 200

  Coyne, Jerry, 6, 112, 216-217

  Craig, William Lane, 15, 109, 209

  creation accounts, in ancient Near Eastern literature, 142. See also Genesis, creation accounts in

  Creation Project, 15

  creationism, 115-116, 118, 156, 161, 202, 219

  Crick, Francis, 33

  Crookshank, F. G., 125

  curiosity

  regarding Adam and Eve, 8

  as spirit of science, 27

  Dabar Conference of the Creation Project, 15, 105

  Daniel (person), 186-187

  Darwin, Charles, 14, 28, 99, 120, 125, 131

  David, 186, 197

  Davidson, Gregg, 56, 113-115, 134

  Dawkins, Richard, 43

  de novo, creation of Adam and Eve as, 5-7, 25, 91, 114-115, 142, 166, 172, 176, 179, 181, 215, 218, 201, 204

  compatibility of with evolutionary science, 9-10, 80, 87, 89, 158-160

  as improper hypothesis, 29

  lack of evidence for or against, 12, 30, 45, 58, 79, 81, 87, 89, 97, 163, 165, 174

  as speaking of genealogical ancestry, 41

  Dead Sea Scrolls, dating of, 27

  death

  before the fall, 173, 175, 180, 182

  meaning of, 186, 189-190, 194, 204, 208

  debt, inherited, 178, 185-187, 189-192, 195-198

  deception

  of genealogical hypothesis, 89

  of God, 88-90

  Denisovans, 99, 103, 116, 128, 138

  dignity, of humankind, 67, 78, 106, 108, 113-114, 116-117, 125-126, 130-132, 149-150, 171, 178, 180, 201, 205-207. See also human, meaning of; image of God

  dingoes, arrival of in Australia, 72-73

  disability, as related to meaning of image of God, 111

  DNA. See also Scripture, silence of concerning DNA

  definition and functioning of, 34

  and detectable ancestors, 50-53

  discovery and understanding of, 33

  sequencing, technology of, 34

  study of ancient, 74-75, 77

  view of the past of, 35

  Earth, age of, 169

  empathy, regarding science-faith conflict, 8-9

  Enoch (book of), 124, 144

  Enoch (person), 143

  Eratosthenes of Cyrene, 122

  essential doctrines, stating of, 9

  Esther, 186

  evolutionary account, definition of, 8

  exile, 172, 177-179, 182-189, 191-198, 201

  Ezra (person), 195

  Falk, Darrel, 79, 91

  Fall, of Adam/humankind, 141, 147, 149-150, 177, 179, 181-192, 198, 201, 204-205, 207-208. See also original sin

  family trees, collapse of, 47, 50

  Feser, Edward, 112

  Garden. See Adam and Eve, location of; people outside Garden

  Garvey, Jon, 15, 56-57, 113, 209

  genealogical adams and eves, 42, 58, 61

  genealogical ancestry

  definition of, 31

  as ordinary understanding of ancestry, 33

  relationship to biological parentage, 32

  relationship to genealogical records, 32

  timing of spread of, 61

  as tracing reproductive origin of people, 32

  verses genetic ancestry, 31, 35-36, 47-48, 51, 54, 56, 192, 197

  genealogical history, relationship to DNA, 35

  genealogical hypothesis

  analysis of, 80

  claims of, 11

  compatibility of with science, 12, 91

  definition of, 10

  as not necessitating that Adam and Eve are our genetic ancestors, 41

  propositions of, 25-26

  variants in, 11

  genealogical science

  definition of, 42

  history of, 43-46, 56-57

  generation, theological interpretation of, 111, 124

  Genesis. See also Scripture

  creation accounts in, 140-143, 146, 149, 164-165, 167-168, 171, 176-177, 180, 182-184, 186-187, 193, 203, 207

  lacunae in, 13, 116, 118, 143, 183, 203

  traditional understanding of, 5-6, 105, 115-116, 147, 155-160, 165, 169-170, 174-175, 201, 218

  genetic ancestry. See also genealogical ancestry, vs. genetic ancestry

  compared to streetlight and telescope, 35-37, 81, 89, 173-174

  definition of, 31

  of Mitochondrial Eve, 37-38

  as not discussed in Scripture, 33

  as not useful in answering genealogical questions

  as tracing the history of stretches of DNA in genomes, 33

  of Y-Chromosomal Adam, 38-39

  genetic ghosts, 51-54, 84, 88-89, 196

  genetic lineages, as simultaneously existing alongside one another, 64

  genome, definition of, 34. See also human genome

  geography, in relationship to genealogical common ancestry, 44, 48, 50, 55. See also isolation, geographical

  Gospel Coalition, 171-172

  Gregory of Nyssa, 176, 206-207

  Grudem, Wayne, 41, 112, 165, 171

  Haarsma, Deborah, 9, 80

  Ham, Ken, 115-116, 126-127

  Herzfeld, Noreen, 109

  Hilber, John, 208

  Hodge, Bodie, 115

  Homo erectus, 99, 101, 103, 128, 138, 202

  Homo genus, 100-104, 138

  Homo sapiens, 54, 70, 72, 85, 86n11, 99-104, 115, 128, 138-139, 160-161, 170, 175, 178, 202, 208

  human, definition of, 98-101, 133-135, 137-138, 147-149, 161, 169, 171, 173-174, 179, 200-201, 204-205. See also biological humans; dignity, of humankind; image of God; textual humans

  theological, 12-13, 104-111, 113

  scientific, 102-104

  human genome

  first sequencing of, 34

  in relationship to genetic isolation, 68-71, 72

  in relationship to universal ancestry, 45

  Humani Generis, 111, 118, 123-124

  humans, origins of, 99-104

  humility, 6

  Huxley, Thomas Henry, 125-126

  hypotheses

  discriminating between, 24

  improper, 26, 29

  scientific testing of, 10, 77

  identical ancestor point, 46-47, 49, 59-
63. See also nearly identical ancestor point

  image of God, 105, 114-115, 136, 150, 171, 175, 177-179, 181, 184, 202, 205. See also dignity, of humankind; human, meaning of

  and biblical theology, 109

  Christological understanding of, 108

  exiled heavenly being understanding of, 108

  Missouri Synod Lutheran understanding of, 109

  relational understanding of, 107, 109, 148, 180

  structural understanding of, 106-111, 113, 148, 173, 180, 209

  substance understanding of, 106-107

  universal worth and dignity understanding of, 108

  vocational understanding of, 106-107, 109-111, 113, 173, 180, 184, 206, 209

  Inazu, John, 215

  incarnation, 199, 208

  inheritance

  biological, 33

  of circumstances and consequences, 184, 186-190, 192-193, 198-200, 208

  Intelligent Design, 217

  interbreeding

 

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