Historical Adam

“As a theistic evolutionist, Craig accepts without critique the evolutionary consensus, believing that God used the process of evolution to bring about biological diversity. However, unlike many theistic evolutionists, he affirms the actual historical existence of an original human pair” - Eikon

“Most books of similar length to Craig’s In Quest of the Historical Adam receive much shorter reviews than this one. However, every now and then, a book comes along that deserves a much longer treatment, such as this one.” - London Lyceum

“In what follows, I lay out my two main reservations: the first concerns how Craig interprets the early chapters of Genesis, and the second how he interprets the apostolic testimony.” - TGC

Christianity Today: Loren Haarsma maps out the prevailing schools of thought on the origins of humanity and sin.

“The core distinction between ‘genetic’ ancestry and ‘genealogical’ ancestry seems valid. Adam and Eve could’ve been genealogical ancestors of all humans alive today, without leaving any genetic trace….Nevertheless, the genealogical hypothesis itself is still dissonant with the biblical Adam and Eve.” - TGC

Roger Olson: I suspect this debate, like so many others in Christian theology, will never get solved in such a way that a consensus emerges. This debate about “Adam” will no doubt go on forever.