# Biblical Scholarship Blog: Reviewing The Genealogical Adam and Eve

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/biblical-scholarship-blog-reviewing-the-genealogical-adam-and-eve/11045>\
**Category:** Conversation\
**Tags:** Theology\
**Created:** [July 6, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/biblical-scholarship-blog-reviewing-the-genealogical-adam-and-eve/11045 "2020-07-06T04:15:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/biblical-scholarship-blog-reviewing-the-genealogical-adam-and-eve/11045/1 "2020-07-06T04:15:48Z")

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> **[The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry...](https://biblicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2020/06/30/the-genealogical-adam-and-eve-the-surprising-science-of-universal-ancestry-by-s-joshua-swamidass/)**
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> In The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry S. Joshua Swamidass presents a new hypothesis in the creation/evolution debate: the genealogical hypothesis. Swamidass…

> What makes Swamidass’s hypothesis so interesting is that it combines a rather literal reading of the Genesis account with mainstream evolutionary science. Prior to this hypothesis being suggested, Christians usually took one of two approaches. The first approach, taken by young-earth creationists and old-earth creationists, read Genesis rather literally and rejected aspects of mainstream evolutionary theory. The second approach, taken by evolutionary creationists, read Genesis in a rather non-literal or non-historical way and accepted mainstream evolutionary theory. The genealogical hypothesis provides a middle ground between the two approaches. After all these years it is quite the accomplishment to propose a new hypothesis.

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/biblical-scholarship-blog-reviewing-the-genealogical-adam-and-eve/11045/2 "2020-07-06T16:49:22Z")

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Split this topic on July 6, 2020, 4:49pm UTC

A post was split to a new topic: [Vincent Torley’s Unanswered Objections to Christianity: H. Human Origins](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/vincent-torleys-unanswered-objections-to-christianity-h-human-origins/11050)