Day 6 and God created man…
Where Did Adam Come From?
Today, a significant paradigm shift is taking place within the evangelical academy in how it understands Adam’s identity. Due to a mixture of biblical and secular reasons, an increasing number of evangelical scholars are beginning to deny the supernatural creation of Adam. Genesis 2:4–25 clearly identifies Adam as the first man, supernaturally created with no direct animal forebears. This paper answers the biblical and textual objections raised by prominent theologians who reject this view of Adam.
It is probably safe to say that the combination of Darwin’s model of evolution in Origin of Species and the rise of uniformitarian science in the 1800s has influenced the understanding of Genesis 1–11 more than anything else.1 Jewish scholar Louis Jacobs acknowledges this with regard to the interpretation of Adam:
There is no doubt that until the nineteenth century Adam and Eve were held to be historical figures, but with the discovery of the great age of the earth . . . many modern Jews [and Gentiles] have tended . . . to read the story as a myth.2 – Answers in Genesis
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