MODULE 6: SESSION 32: View of the Historical Adam

From first decades and centuries there has never been consensus when it comes to View to historicity issues. Literary there has been four historicity issues as follows:-

1. Literary Symbolic View that Adam and Eve are purely literary figures in a divinely-inspired story.

2. First Ancestor View where Adam and Eve are two actual people, specially created by God in precisely the way the text describes, and they are the first ancestors of all humans.

3.Archetypal, First Ancestor of All Humanity View whereby Adam and Eve are both the archetypal representatives and the first biological ancestors of all human beings, but the narratives are told in the style and imagery of ancient Hebrew culture.

4.Archetypal Representative of All Humanity View of which Adam and Eve are real archetypal representatives of humanity, but not necessarily the first biological ancestors. The narrative refers to a “real” history through the image-expressive medium of Hebrew literature.