#157 Making sense of Adam, Eve and the Genesis creation story

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#157 Making sense of Adam, Eve and the Genesis creation story

February 16, 2023

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Tom Wright joins Justin to answer listener questions on how to interpret the early chapters of Genesis, what he believes about the nature of Adam and Eve, whether suffering and death existed before the fall and much more… He also pulls out the guitar once more for a Genesis-themed song. First broadcast in 2019.

Tom's recommended resources mentioned in this show:

John Walton: 'The Lost World of Genesis One'

Gregory K Beale: 'The Temple and the Church's Mission'

Jon D Levenson: 'Creation and the Persistence of Evil'

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