The Quest for the Historical Adam: Genesis, Hermeneutics, and Human Origins, by William VanDoodewaard
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Was Adam really a historical person, and can we trust the biblical story of human origins? Or is the story of Eden simply a metaphor, leaving scientists the job to correctly reconstruct the truth of how humanity began? Although the church currently faces these pressing questions—exacerbated as they are by scientific and philosophical developments of our age—we must not think that they are completely new. In The Quest for the Historical Adam, William VanDoodewaard recovers and assesses the teaching of those who have gone before us, providing a historical survey of Genesis commentary on human origins from the patristic era to the present. Reacquainting the reader with a long line of theologians, exegetes, and thinkers, VanDoodewaard traces the roots, development, and, at times, disappearance of hermeneutical approaches and exegetical insights relevant to discussions on human origins. This survey not only informs us of how we came to this point in the conversation but also equips us to recognize the significance of the various alternatives on human origins. It also includes a foreword written by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr. Author William VanDoodewaard is professor of church History at puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and serves as a minister at Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Endorsements “The biblical truth claims of the historicity of Adam and the reality of the fall are neither incidental nor insignificant to the Christian faith. They are matters of gospel importance. But in our time the validity of the church’s doctrine of the special creation of Adam and Eve, body and soul, as our first parents, based on Genesis 1–2, and the corresponding affirmation of the historical reality of the fall, based on Genesis 3, have come under serious cross-examination. There are voices (some of whom self-identify as evangelical) calling on the church to abandon and to revise its historic teaching. Many reveal an unfamiliarity with the history of the church’s exegesis on these issues and its assessment of their hermeneutical and theological significance. William VanDoodewaard’s book, The Quest for the Historical Adam, then, arrives not a moment too soon. He provides us with a careful, clear, important, orthodox assessment of the question as well as a tremendously helpful survey of the history of interpretation (including current views). This will prove to be an enormously valuable resource to pastors and teachers wanting to get up to speed on the historical theology behind this discussion and to gain a quick grasp of the present theological lay of the land. Those arguing for a revisionist interpretation must now deal with the material VanDoodewaard has amassed and articulated.” — Ligon Duncan (PhD, University of Edinburgh), chancellor and John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary “Dr. Bill VanDoodewaard has gifted the church with a work that began as a labor of love but has grown into a significant major study in which he marries the disciplines of a church historian and the concerns of a Christian theologian. The issues on which he touches reach down to the very foundations of the Christian worldview, to creation itself. Those who share the author’s understanding of the early chapters of Genesis will deeply appreciate his detailed analysis and synthesis of how they have been interpreted throughout the Christian centuries. And those who differ, whether in fine details or in major ways, ought, in integrity, to familiarize themselves with the copious material that Dr. VanDoodewaard here presents. This is a valuable and significant contribution to a much-debated subject and from a perspective that has too often been overlooked.” — Sinclair B. Ferguson (PhD, University of Aberdeen), professor of systematic theology, Redeemer Theological Seminary, Dallas
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Review The biblical truth claims of the historicity of Adam and the reality of the fall are neither incidental nor insignificant to the Christian faith. They are matters of gospel importance. But in our time the validity of the church s doctrine of the special creation of Adam and Eve, body and soul, as our first parents, based on Genesis 1 2, and the corresponding affirmation of the historical reality of the fall, based on Genesis 3, have come under serious cross-examination. There are voices (some of whom self-identify as evangelical) calling on the church to abandon and to revise its historic teaching. Many reveal an unfamiliarity with the history of the church s exegesis on these issues and its assessment of their hermeneutical and theological significance. William VanDoodewaard's book, The Quest for the Historical Adam, then, arrives not a moment too soon. He provides us with a careful, clear, important, orthodox assessment of the question as well as a tremendously helpful survey of the history of interpretation (including current views). This will prove to be an enormously valuable resource to pastors and teachers wanting to get up to speed on the historical theology behind this discussion and to gain a quick grasp of the present theological lay of the land. Those arguing for a revisionist interpretation must now deal with the material VanDoodewaard has amassed and articulated. --Ligon Duncan (PhD, University of Edinburgh), chancellor and John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Reformed Theological SeminaryDr. Bill VanDoodewaard has gifted the church with a work that began as a labor of love but has grown into a significant major study in which he marries the disciplines of a church historian and the concerns of a Christian theologian. The issues on which he touches reach down to the very foundations of the Christian worldview, to creation itself. Those who share the author s understanding of the early chapters of Genesis will deeply appreciate his detailed analysis and synthesis of how they have been interpreted throughout the Christian centuries. And those who differ, whether in fine details or in major ways, ought, in integrity, to familiarize themselves with the copious material that Dr. VanDoodewaard here presents. This is a valuable and significant contribution to a much-debated subject and from a perspective that has too often been overlooked. --Sinclair B. Ferguson (PhD, University of Aberdeen), professor of systematic theology, Redeemer Theological Seminary, DallasA very necessary book. In Brazil, where the influence of liberal theology and Darwinian evolution has eroded the confidence of many evangelicals in the historicity and reliability of the Genesis account of the creation and fall of Adam and Eve, such a work must be translated, published, and widely discussed, especially in theological schools of historical denominations. Dr. VanDoodewaard has given us a major contribution to the understanding and defense of the biblical narrative about the first Adam, and therefore has also strengthened our faith in the second Adam. --Augustus Lopes Nicodemus (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary), chancellor emeritus, Mackenzie University, Sao Paulo, and professor of New Testament, Andrew Jumper Post-Graduate School of Theology, Sao Paulo, Brazil
From the Inside Flap Was Adam really a historical person, and can we trust the biblical story of human origins? Or is the story of Eden simply a metaphor, leaving scientists the job to correctly reconstruct the truth of how humanity began? Although the church currently faces these pressing questions exacerbated as they are by scientific and philosophical developments of our age we must not think that they are completely new. In The Quest for the Historical Adam, William VanDoodewaard recovers and assesses the teaching of those who have gone before us, providing a historical survey of Genesis commentary on human origins from the patristic era to the present. Reacquainting the reader with a long line of theologians, exegetes, and thinkers, VanDoodewaard traces the roots, development, and, at times, disappearance of hermeneutical approaches and exegetical insights relevant to discussions on human origins. This survey not only informs us of how we came to this point in the conversation but also equips us to recognize the significance of the various alternatives on human origins. It also include a foreword written by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
About the Author Dr. William VanDoodewaard (PhD, University of Aberdeen) has served as Professor of Church History at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary since 2010. Prior to this he served as a university professor and Christian educator for thirteen years, including teaching positions in European and Ancient History at Patrick Henry College, near Washington, D.C. and Huntington University in Indiana. Dr. VanDoodewaard's PhD dissertation was published in 2011 as The Marrow Controversy and Seceder Tradition: Atonement, Saving Faith and the Gospel Offer in Scotland (1718-1799). He is a contributor to published works on historical theology, expository studies on the persons of the Trinity, and has also written for academic journals including the Journal of British Studies, the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, and the Westminster Theological Journal. An ordained minister in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP), Dr. VanDoodewaard serves as the lead church planter at Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church in downtown Grand Rapids. He and his wife Rebecca blog at The Christian Pundit.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful. The Quest for the Historical Adam provides a thoroughly documented ... By Arend J. ten Pas The Quest for the Historical Adam provides a thoroughly documented, informative survey of the various interpretations of Genesis 1 and 2 throughout the centuries beginning with the Bible itself to the present. Of special interest to me were the developments in various denominations and institutions such as the Lutherans (Alfred Rehwinkel, H.C. Leupold), the Dutch Reformed, (the Free University of Amsterdam, Kuyper, Berkhouwer, Ridderbos, Kuitert), The CRC and Calvin College (Berkhof, Davis Young, Howard Van Till), the Presbyterians (John Murray, J.G. Vos; Meredith Kline, E.J. Young, the Geneva Study Bible, Robert Reymond, Westminster Seminary, Covenant Seminary, John Collins, Francis Schaeffer), Baptists and the Quest for Adam (Albert Mohler, John Sailhammer).The final chapter, "What Difference Does It Make?" highlights ten doctrinal challenges that are generated by the Evolutionary Biological Processes (EBP - ape->hominid->human) models which embrace non-literal interpretations. This concluding, comparative analysis addresses the following problem areas: Scripture and Hermeneutics, Man and the Ethics of Human Life, Marriage and the Unity of the Race, Human Language, God the Creator, The Goodness of Creation, Adam's Fall, Christ as Creator and Redeemer, Adam, Christ and the Covenants, Adam and Accountability.I concur with Dr. Ligon Duncan's evaluation of the book. "This [book] will prove to be an enormously valuable resource to pastors and teachers wanting to get up to speed on the historical theology behind this discussion and to gain a quick grasp of the present theological lay of the land. Those arguing for a revisionist interpretation must now deal with the material VanDoodenwaard has amassed and articuated."
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Timely, Well-Researched, and a Needed Answer to Questions Over Beginnings By Brian Cosby William VanDoodewaard, The Quest for the Historical Adam: Genesis, Hermeneutics, and Human Origins (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2015). Hbk., 359 pgs.The title, The Quest for the Historical Adam, by William VanDoodewaard is patterned after Albert Schweitzer’s (in)famous The Quest for the Historical Jesus (1910). But rather than a focus on the “last Adam,” VanDoodewaard focuses on the first Adam. And rather than reducing the marginalizing the authority and plenary inspiration of Scripture—as Schweitzer did—VanDoodewaard seeks to affirm it.Dr. VanDoodewaard (PhD, University of Aberdeen) serves as professor of church history at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and is an ordained minister in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP). He has written a number of articles for academic journals and is the author of The Marrow Controversy and Seceder Tradition (RHB, 2011), which was the subject of his doctoral dissertation.The Quest for the Historical Adam is a historical survey of the interpretation of and commentary on the early chapters of Genesis, especially as they relate to the creation account of Adam and Eve. In today’s cultural milieu that is positioned against the vast majority of biblical teachers, pastors, and theologians throughout history, VanDoodewaard presents a mountain of research to defend the “literal” approach to the creation account.Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, provides the Foreword, drawing the reader’s attention to the need for such a book in a climate of biblical skepticism, in general, and skepticism of the literal interpretation of Genesis 1-2, in particular. The book has seven chapters: an introduction, five chapters surveying the historical and theological landscape, and a concluding chapter pulling it together—“What Difference Does it Make?”One of the book’s great strengths is the documentation and analysis of how prominent exegetes, theologians, and pastors throughout history and interpreted the early chapters of Genesis. In this way, the book introduces the reader (maybe for the first time!) to the breadth and depth of historical theology on the subject of creation. What did the church fathers believe? What did Luther and Calvin teach? How did the early and various Protestant streams interpret Genesis 1-2? How does the modern revival of creation studies (AIG, ICR, etc.) contribute to the discussion? VanDoodewaard does a fine job at incorporating all of this.I also appreciate how VanDoodewaard pulls in the whole counsel of God—Genesis to Revelation—to put Genesis 1-2 in its historical, literary, and redemptive contexts. For example, how do other OT and NT writers interpret the creation account and the person of Adam? Surely this is missing in many modern critiques of the “literal” approach to Adam.A third strength is VanDoodewaard’s academic integrity. No straw man arguments here. He deals honestly and fairly with the content of what those who have gone before us have taught, whether he agrees with them or not. I appreciate this attribute of the book, in particular.Fourth, the final chapter presents the consequences of holding to the various views of evolutionary biological processes (EBP). In other words, if one holds to EBP, then he or she must consider the ramifications. Even within mainstream Christianity, there is a growing rise of “compatibility” views that seek to bridge historical-literal interpretations of Genesis 1-2 and evolutionary theory. But these, too, have consequences. For example, if Adam is merely a symbolic figure, then how do you explain the fall into sin and the need for Christ? The progressive revelation of biblical theology—centered on the gospel of Jesus Christ—quickly dissolves when the literal nature of the first Adam is removed.I usually have several critical points for the reader to consider, but not so with this book. The Quest for the Historical Adam is timely, well-researched, and a needed answer to this generation’s questions and skepticism over the biblical teaching on beginnings. I highly recommend it!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Much Needed Treatise on the First Adam By Predicador Great book. Very thorough in its approach to various belief systems regarding the biblical Adam. A necessary understanding of Hebrew syntax and context is provided to eliminate any deviation crom what the Bible realistically teaches. Highly recommend.
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