swamidass
May 1, 2018, 3:57am
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swamidass:
Well, in all honesty, that is how I often feel about YECs regarding Genesis. When I read Genesis 1 - 4, it seems to require incredible gymnastics to make it anti-evolution and anti-old earth. I’m still not sure what the actual conflict is here.
Reminds me of what @anon46279830 wrote…
I attended Jesuit High School in Sacramento, and remember clearly not finding any “one” model of Adam and Eve that passed muster with all Catholics. Same thing as I attended an evangelical Protestant church. I decided that paying close attention to how the Hebrew Bible presents itself was the only reasonable way to approach the matter. I’ve found that Genesis 1:26-27 is NOT being recounted later, in greater detail, by Genesis 2:5 and ff.'s account of Adam and Eve. They’re two very different stories, separated by tens of thousands of years. Walton and others have also elucidated versions of this “non-recapitulatory” literary interpretive model of the two chapters --which fits just fine with your proposal, @swamidass .
By the way, he gifted me a copy of his book. Very sadly, I forgot to get a picture with him! You might enjoy it. I’d be curious your take on his reading of Genesis 1 to 11.
