No Adam, no gospel
Subtitle: Adam and the history of redemption
By: Richard B. Gaffin Jr
Publisher: Westminster Seminary Press; P & R Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Phillipsburg, New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
ISBN-13: 9781596389670; 9781596389687; 9781596389694
Subjects: Redemption; Biblical teaching
Description: "Doubts and denials swarm the biblical teaching that humans descend from an original pair, Adam and Eve. Some even claim that these doubts are compatible with Christian commitment. Richard Gaffin shows how these denials undermine the entire history of redemption taught in Scripture."--Publisher description.

Doubts and denials swarm the biblical teaching that humans descend from an original pair, Adam and Eve. Some even claim that these doubts are compatible with Christian commitment. But is that possible? Richard Gaffin shows how these denials undermine the entire history of redemption taught in Scripture. When we remove Adam and Eve from history, we are left with no redemptive history. Gaffin reminds us that, with no Adam there is no gospel.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The issue; title: Scientific and biblical objections; title: Scripture and science; title: Adam and Christ; title: Inadequate interpretations; title: Implications of inadequate interpretations; title: A recent denial of the historicity of Adam : some further observations.