pre-Adamitism

名詞

不可算名詞

(theology) The belief that humanity is descended from a single progenitor that predates Adam.

日本語の意味

（神学）人類がアダム以前の単一の先祖から派生したという信仰

Many nineteenth-century scholars wrote extensively about pre-Adamitism as they tried to reconcile emerging scientific findings with traditional biblical chronologies.

多くの19世紀の学者は、新たに明らかになった科学的知見と伝統的な聖書の年代記を調和させようとする中で、アダム以前に単一の祖先から人類が起源したとする説について盛んに論じた。

意味（1）

(theology) The belief that humanity is descended from a single progenitor that predates Adam.

The doctrine of 'pre-Adamitism,' while heretical and guaranteed to generate storms of controversy, won some prominent adherents.