a University of Chicago ILLiad TW: 2682 1w:2687987, CA A Journal Tite: Phiesophy and humanism: Tenaiseance eeeaye in honor of Paul Oskar este Volume: Montiyvear: 1976 Pages: 5069 Article Author [Article Tile: The Pre-Adanite Theory inthe Cited In ‘Transaction Date: 42072022 6:55:17 AM (cal: B778.P56 4 Location: Regenstoin / Bookstacks ian ‘opyssey REQUEST an Cut inaneviot@ucticago edu amie Sfofea / ODYSSEY REQUEST copyright‘ PHILOSOPHY AND HUMANISM Renaissance Essays in Honor of Paul Oskar Kristeller EDWARD P, MAHONEY ‘COLUMBIA. UNIVERSITY PRESS ‘NEW YORKAvoca Eltors Exanemn Stor Dosa 778 ert Boud PSG F, Eowano Cran Euzaser Stexy Downo el vias Goootax GORDA Gen Ewan P. Manos Joan Cuanuzs Neuro ucese F. Rice, Je ‘Guan TRNAS Hepner vin Do i long, Rema —Adi ems, te, | tunnvtnsy ons © 106 1 se, Nain Patel a Bg Hort conras ‘Tabata gatlatoria . Price Asknowlemeata : asl Oshar Keiser and is Contibution to Seblentip. Boom F. Rice, Je, The De magia natal of Jnoqees Tafere depen 5 Doxaso R, Krscay, Louis Le Caron Pilosophe (9.—ucaas H, Portis, The Pr-Adanite Tory inthe Reta: ican Laney, The Fly agin the phase? Flandinns ‘guns! Pompontai on Fate a -F Bowano Cras, Bison ofthe Latin Asiols Accompaaind Dy the Commestaia of Avaroet ose? Bowne, A Mifteth-Contry Mumsninie Deiter: "The ManwscrpeDifsin of Laonardo Brun! Anootted atin Veron of the (Peude) Arstatlin Beonomier owano P. Maen, Niplto Vrsinon the Soa and Inmor- ‘aly. Jour Kxstx-Gapor, Tommaso Campanella The Agony of Bo: ‘el Theor ia the Counter Reformation ~sOuannee Tunas, Protagoras in the Renisane£ An Expo roar ear rae nate DManssrztia nx Pasuzs Loneu, Volare, male adem enon idiom nomen: Loren Valles Defense of alan in the Prfte to hs De opts : nat W Gaines, chard de Bury bd the “Quire of Vester: ay Sophie ‘Macois Buows, A Pr Avstoaian Matomatsan ot Dedue- tive Orie ons H. Raxani, Je, Paduan Avsotelueia Reconsider Wrnuuae F. Bowasne, Nicol Losiowo and the Origin of “masse Dsowon of ethod ‘i 0 ne 189 uw 14 au 29 25‘THE PRE-ADAMITE THEORY TIN Tilt RENAISSANCR® ‘Tha pre-Adamite teary that was to pla vo ret orl neha Jing man's eoncoption of he cm nature snd destiny went through 2 tmsjr transformation daring the Into Renaisane, This tensor ‘mation changed the theory fom bung either enercmen rem [dment of the Jide Chisinnaiami rligas framework, to one tontaining Ube revolatonary snus that woul ower i er cata ‘ts bases for rejecting the vealed picture of man in Serpe, Ini Duper, dedicated to one of my mart imputant exces, and one who ns greatly inflcnced ty atlletal ever Ts yo how that certain Renaisanoe dovelopeat, principally the bums retady- Ing ofthe pagan post, and the Voyages of Discovery, ed to new forms ofthe pre-Adanie theory fraught with dangers inplcations for tho accepted religions world view: The were welded tgeer in ‘the midsevontouuth entry, vs new lions perspective emerging ‘om certain novel test eneoems of the sxtewath canary, ito most powerful thooreia aul by Inne Ln Peyee,atol tht was to be uted by Hob, Spine, Ricard Sion, Vieo, the Enlsh Deis, among other, at 8 bast for developing Bible exis, the secaltinntion of man history, and the bats for anthropology. a erite's strange complain of crtainKnes of Renaissance thosaht ‘was to have almost at farseashing an fet asthe work of the Hzonomers from Copernicus onmard. Not ony was the conepion ‘ofthe world transformed frou init a fist wives inf ‘of epic, it wun teasformed into one of enormous or infinite ase pont doration, SRY Fy Feta rt bl ct ng te sun paeanioars muzone 5 ‘the pre-Adanite thang, that thee were mat Beings prior to “Adu, es evitently common in ancient tne, Pagans, enbonted A408 dni nnd Chin, sw Ubat thei own iovia-mytbo- Teal womans of th origins of mankind wet bak lug ele the peu one. Thoopils of Antioch aound 170 AD. was debating ‘Sevan of Apllosae the Beyptisn tat he word was 183,78 Sos eli "Two chapter: in BE Aun’ Oy of Gl nde that {Tyunang engument had oon going on betwen thse who accepted SHgytinn, rock sed Roman scoot, apd thea who seep the Ble 2 Angustne's capt ttle, OF the flesen ofthe History ‘iat the worlt hth eontineed many thotaad year” and “Toe ‘Aegritaneabbominable ings, to lime thar wiadom the ago {otto year” sbow ha aeutude® In thew shapers, St Angutine Hated she partyin that was bold toby most of the ais ad Charo Fethrs, namely, that tho pagan views were fable and myth, andthe ‘Bil one ws reveal tut ar sg not yt ne oem ya et he fk A, ‘Monon ne try terre So eth th Tow tt wut ever sek stort feo sr if ‘taht ar my ms thu os wrd a oy {Sep anafno rent taste sn? SEES Rt ri nf ft tad ucir Berto ig et eden Pap su a ae Sie ito th on St nce SS pe et tla fy tn Ee oe SELES eapurat tas oegoatecae et ine ong ints mieten ren et Se Om oe Ba ory "Tse au th ia given the Renlonee gli diten, which may ba Elana net Ome aT gue ‘et hp 1 eS og hr es a (be ar the att thyaga Be ey lt ESET, Spuenianeen castane ocean mee 25 eat yp BsAnother vanion of thie wen, whch probably fflaenosd La Peps, i pected very forouuly in udah Hal's The Kucari, wetter ‘otween 1190-140 in Spain Banya the work, th Kingof the Kansas ss the Rabbi: “Does i not weaken thy bl f how aed tat Tadao have antiquities and uldinge which they conser to be nilios of gents ld!” And the answer ie given, “It woul indeed, weaken my bel ad they ied form oregon oa book emoerng ‘which n mulicudo of popl ed the same opinion, and in which 4o historical dnrepney sould be found. Such a book, owever, ‘oes not exist, Apr om thi, ty aes dole ante peopl, ‘od arouse the iodiguation of tho folowers of eelgins Uo ther tall, whist they anger them with hie eb, talamans, and wake (raf. Judah Halo thn went onto ata the pre-Adamit lim jin the work that Maimonides later cited, The Vabtem Arata the Grok pilsophiel views thatthe weeds eeral, the lime ‘the Challaean; all on the gronnds that the writer and nes {i aot know the Revdation fn Seiptoe. Final, apparel iat ‘ced hy fous of pre-Adamism we will sider feat, Judah ler feneladd the disuson of thn mata saying, I, fer la blieser ‘the Lav finds himslf compel to ad an wera mater end the eitnon of many wos pot to thi og Ts would ot impair Is bela that sie wool wa erated a certain epoeh and that Adam and Nosh were the ft horinn beng dah Halos discus, with tho dts of tho theories be ds- rise roablyphyed an iportnt rollatr om His wore nppeaed ‘thee Latin edition in the aatewath entry. Hin own ht: theclegcl tory and the Hitorsal details hi dole with ace Both ‘very cos to Ta Poyre’s satomnats in th soventoath eentary-+ “A coustrtnlensy abo developed in the melioral Jeon Chin: 7 Sa se Keri by Hy Shia Na Yet hPa "en he gettin te, 8h Heit ‘sc pp a Hosen pin wb gree Bed hs ‘2a Mate te sas io SS Bh ot ‘soo me hae dee a el on oA fe dy tw appt Tas ian ses gy ok {sh aves ate Bee her notre ded ea ‘eth Hey en sates burton ol ay {a2 ap aDwoare mmsony ws ‘dey, wn et on toms pr nin, oon ‘Soe we agi oof te Bae aaa teapot fone Nr is nea a Aa eget Mn ey Toker eae ae aes ine na asap log tx wc or fen ie iat el at Li et themes da wen on ipod me Toe ee nee item old cece cet a ‘a tates nonce eet Aer ahi Tne Mia nd nef Cae ani et dori wv ec Poot sf to ore pec ena a sie ls porte on nis weg Sen Fem woh Ioan deca aca ham Bg “enh ys oad aa ae 2 ta Spedding rt in tpi th a ng Ap ial «pera easy ns jo hac ne ps sea a a tetas Pon re Tok I fn «psy nena Ieee ei erie an, hn rel a see ee ten nal twa tl ane cy a iia tot hy yin a eho {ike toro tags i, ee Fk Te ei pili es He Sein sey Phas 4 See ig, ED 8 Sacer ae mc ‘eet woy chin nd ht La yt el hn ee ee ‘om ft hea tl nat Ct ee De Fe ‘Semin Gem me “nly Bd aac ee See hs te tH mad ena se Be De Sten waa a a Sg encs omaRD Hors sr tte i tnt ta recreate hed Sento eae eregen ye ae mcn irene nisin mspena ef Saban bald Maina by ensign al ent eRe eomanaees Poe ee ie elie eeraietremeaanoe Seopa pene BE ere oie eae cen oes Eat eee Be SRS ee eee Erni nage te iw tan he ie fh Pld tel wt Ten Pm 5 pe nme Tom il DO in tury af Cai, oe Dig Lay fe Ee in St Set Twice dys thestncy al rig no Pa eee “Teanoe u u nh Tn Wale Te Bata ‘etn ti wo Lon 0,94 mes he ep el nr tar ges marcon St ly ht ety en th rr per ined Yo tin Nha {So gun Raat er he A “ acter or rr ie Sg pin Inno geet Soa ef tate ry (a Chole ro ‘amt mayan Larsen ion Dg” dent tiie eh ae op nat Pen re ey (za; Gece Daeg sin Tain erin, ‘outer ‘THE reesDasure cuone 5 de Sela #8 Beno, weat tao fa, and was condemned ia 1459 for hong that Adam wat 000 the Tet man, The coe iniats that bo Bld that God bad erated other euche eat say others ad wort exited fre hm sas he ok hat thin bed the question of whether Tern was the na of all mankind. (ani Sokia was aces af hog ee of Bylerus in his many worl theory Amore hee ce Plain nv a tof estos erry, hich oe eed {otal jt of Sudaiom and Chin, One o te ae edie du aces Thovas Heer aad sno ese Joni pr let hominis dam eine sd {uk mands tn hniaes seaport Noha ke oeannt lid ty Menadoe Pane inte te Wane ee emia Sion lint secs tithe ste oe Sens ceo ads low at cra an wht ei ce, sented an ely ee fans Mesa Pave a aay farther dt aboot Sct, bot apcied shea fa Aversion A Jew named Semel foes repel ne eo ered ath was i 4 “became he pa en of the wo." but i not er i hn ees eget eda ‘Tho medal prAdeite thes do ots to ave eed say eal io to have rd ta ealanges to tedenta stare ofthe wu A Yow indvuls may ave had nceso moras 202K bizar vows, but they larly damaged the effi Diba theory, or caused tedousconttoveris, In the sxtemth century, bovever, ‘uain data camo to Tight tht mado the pro-Adaite tery «live ‘option, as well as genuine and serious threat to Wester mlion ‘he transformation of exer speculations and logvads ite a ran alteative tothe Septal pleare of man grem, I belive, ont af fo Tensssince dovlopneats, the humane tedcovery of the ‘gun pat, and the expansion of Burope though the voyages of Alscovery. The staly of thn pagan Bistro of aniguy tevenad ‘hat rch data existod whih contd with the Tibial scout ‘of human ogi. Tho great Spankh butnanish Joan Ins Vives a Mie edition of St Augustine's Ciy of Gd, early novol ‘acs n ancintIeatre of pople who were reported Bring lng before Adam and vas" Although St Augustin said het when 1s was wring hit mastarioy the wosld mas not et 8000 oats sla, Viees mentioned that Chaldean figures ment tac 000 Jones tnd Bayptian one over 50,000 yearn Vives, whow ova. religions ‘ows arin some doubt, didnot pss he Pint and took the sceptod ‘ray oat, sggetng thatthe pagans ineented thes figures in eet to monk thensdves the creas of eveything inthe Rota wor (Ts ne was il bing taunt ezoune forth pagan dts by Pather Richard Simon and Bichop Siligfot more than catty later) doabt tnt Vives was asecoat Christan ln vow of the prntion of hi family bythe Spanish Taquisn, and in view of is Jewish ‘ign, His general iows bout human behavior mere quite naerale iss” Bot nether be nor olker Reouance sola wee rend to hg th Eieal wrl-vew in Pit or may even in thor. over, by amaning the pagan Maria date fant contd wit Gavesis, and publican it, they made Horopeaa inteetoala ore of the problem of reonlng, or exphiing avay the confits 82 Philippe de Moraay trod toto." Hesdes digg up the reorded thin of anciot writs about the Iogth of uta Bison, thy ‘lh reported he Aste cain abot th oof the worl In dae, "Sr moma 8 pin fh ol eX, do. 1 sin intatn Steen ie Yat), 3, 10m Vin Jet tcgwond wl eso th ein ty = i dons Pe oe Jom Jog, "Haris egtatin pty He a Bee 4 gl Sy of noe 9 a Panne mason o Ahn rove ie ofthe basis intrmaton hat La Peete and hn, Ge Shanat fo spans ne a inte net ety stot te vay St Sosa ‘the origins ofthe American Indians from 1492-1729 shows that neither schovmaPuaitenttjcteg amen Rept Se HeLa tainnoneioca sevens pt ‘post ana aan ee eg Jeeps fom te Hil we ott te New Wodl Weee sve mass denn of Noa at hie tay thes the es the Taine ad te gino there eed ee 2s Suldaten shows, most ofthe deus tat Sea ee Te Tdi dt come hey wre rato ia he Now Wel They “Around 150 an Ba Joba as nafih poet, John Rast, ad ead egacting et hove th ol in an nth com te oa Forde eu «unten? Poel i genelly cried. with the fixt anwer that does aot tty to derive the Tadiane fiom the Adssie Nachos ‘orl. His thoory is nota pre-Adamite ove, int eather site ae ‘possiblity atthe ndins are deen from a tcond tad eee Adam. Ta the ronomia mapns be wrte 4 Rk tan i of dn Ii, Brg Gg, ut ta a oe hs 2 Rei Te Hay py ena ee te ‘igi Sy of tact, he 2 _ ain Sy aCro Tpnd Sak (Uba 0,Eunos Sevecers Se censaet ee cs shiipmsiea re, ter aa i ar ih Ini em ng stoma bea eft a Sea Lg! ttn rcs neue te Arenas een ree eee: Frc repped eer breed fascia m sags pelo te ee co Smet ig ni eo rs Satetit treet anaes nat oan ft hos ta Socata an tre PrseoeaLndKoe ont deagtegenis rata ee oe ee te tet nant We Sic cee ‘ho ty asi to male Pucca the modern erste ofthe Molitor aie oon oe hari a wenn ona gees oe Sa See Saas eee ma reg at Sins as Shao in i Soeemiras tine ee Recwe reer pret saeecas ieee Eee nied aos pot ‘De, Walter Peg as inte oat to mein discus ofthe at, ‘hes ae ar al avolvedin Parc’ heory afi pe ey erade the word. They are ot other heman Sede, tet spsent Fins of ub maa binge Pacers nrg the osity of on independent eign ofthe Ameen lds eth age fr rte diag eens ag {oh fll pr-Adaite thor of La Pays ln te major ene sta Partie by Sanne Datars heaters afte te to seen as Mtoe, inthe chapter cited, Prnochor, ea tn, ie bse inthe stesity of th wold, Celine and ann oe Scinians ofthe tine} Some people debated whee reese, Annis" Others pursued the pagent implcaons of Poreebeg ow, while shot al eholars yer atl tying to lace al et a ae lnformation about the inhaitante of the globe ein the eae, coatest. Giordano Bruno presented some indications of plypentio and (oe pre-Adanite peslation, which may havo dinette iene {he guBoe-Adanito thinking inte cea i Wales habe Pondaing oer the rail difeaces between the Hite es Amica Indians, visions mythial ning, lke tho ine fates ferns the Prin, Giant, Bran sai thal hoe ees ‘Scanot be teed 1 the mime dacens or ere they sree ee Sera fre of sgl progenitor ™ Thom Caleb ieee dtc i tte ray ol ith ig.enlccpir ects nearer (ule Pwd food ete sae see enemy Napanee coc ee ie inet Pe Poe tei rang, 19 eva Ay, Yann Ceo onan a, ror Ind Jeamed of theory that mankind cama fom thee protoplasts, ote giving ie othe Jon, and theater bv, ested two days can, (hence pro-Ademiti) tothe rst of mania, Hruao had alo heard ffs sie Chinese theory deriving mankind from thon difratly ‘nod protoplast, 20,000 ears apn" Trang, like Parca, war pty eonotned wth acsoeating Yor ‘he new data brought to ligt by voyages of discovery, and parr in placing it, and everything ste into « spoulitive Rersmnoe ‘catalog tence by Hermetic and Cobalt views. In his Socio ‘ila Baia tonfant of 1584, Beano bas tho gods dining what ‘they shal make men ble, counter ote even, ad this aelades anaking them not Inve the page tecrds that the wold is over 2000 years lo the iadings abou "new past ofthe wor, whuse fo found amoral of ten thousand yours ab nee (inti 1s mots to bis teanlaton of tis txt of run, suggest ie ros inspired by seonnte of the Aste Calendar Stone which hal boo Whiddn after th Coaguset. 1 cme to Hight in 1681 was ied by the Spanish ecolesata!aathorte In 1858 ad relncovered apn in 1700) ei aso suggested hat i might be better to afien fat ‘he American Indias are not een, though they resumble thems ia shape and inteligenc and ofan aro wiser about the gis, Brine Ind also sgt in some pacage hat mena ell animale ant ‘plants ight bo goncrtel from the womb of Nate where ny wert ‘uo was in London fom 159385, where he wrute the Spo. “He may bave met o dirty inflwseed howe wh, few yar le, ‘were dwt acute of holing the pre-Adamite theory, and dive oping am titel or aataraliti piste of the worl. Sit Waller alegh wat acured of running aslo ait fm 1502 ona ‘ne Ngan vis tab ot, ping Sn ds, {Genres ne minus Abst es Ata igs geen sts, ps Uae et 5 Gant Rr, So ls Databook» Dat sel «tht wr wh mtn yore oe yc. ea ahs (Pn a, eae ci nT pin ‘an oe mt Pep Dies Ban Da nd 8.8 ® Gnas scans su Rl son Pe Eta ee ‘adh iF ra ue, ap Dt te ot ‘mr ree apasre tarone a mi to pi Sy eum ae ae Soca Ee Sete cence te teres rnc reabieetmlias ihe ie rea cpt acre er aunts eee ia ic hammer ec peal Metta etn Einar ten meson sai gue hcarieapacemnaicaa ita Secret Reranch are oe erin ea sei Bees a Sea Carrere se a ae ete ciara ain ee cor {e evaluation of tvo Trench shai, Jeoquot and Lease set Pool Rocher, aboot the evidence, amy, dat in Hants so 7 Det Ya PetPets Paes Joeen a We ME Meri yee ve sw CMa en pee 9 ah SE ie Th et gp n Kner Oper 9 so Leta, rm onee onan worse srs exploring ll sort of now ideas some recovered fom antiquity), sd wa influenced by Brau, aad by ee restr of the explorations Raleghy as Laine shows, was alo nfloeoed By Tain dee, When alogh ote the Historie of the World lathe Tower of London, no sign of the predate thory appened init The zaleal view, that Lefane uneovered, altbated te eepton of the fendamecta Revelation to Homes Trsmogitansether than Moss The ata, on Harcet, Marlowe and Helogh, tink, ennotjast be died ‘attempt to blaken the charactor, The stacks aiibts to them ' spwcii, dlaed view about the Chitin salon, and bout the pre-Adanite theory. Tho form of the theory stated by Nasbe and Baines is mor peso than any preeding reson, and coments ror dirty on the Amos Tndn pbs. Tie woe sc to Indieate that the Relogh rou, ia th 1600 in some manner bad ‘ised the pre-Adamite theory, enpecaly with referee to the eplorer Aste, Hari and Ralegh bn more diet and detailed information than speculative thinkers lke Peucelis and Bravo, However the Ralegh group was evdeatly either too afd or oo tentative to someniteven the most serene version ofthe Pe-Adanite theory to pope ‘lnabethan pr-Adamm, whether actaal o in the minds of the Dehn, was the mast advanced frm of the they to be presented ving the Reseoos nthe data we ave icone of sight forwael prosotation of the cuales between the explore data and ugun historical claims, and the Bible! view, However, the oy Indientions of any genera osnter-thery to the Bilal vw at ‘vague charges tht the Ralgh group dil not ble In Chiat, tnd tended towards sme form of natal, Unfortunately, me ose test no statement by Hart Matiowe or Ralogh as fo hat thelr ‘reAdamie views rly wer, or what they made of tht theory. As far as tho fare devdopmantf th theory ment, nether the ‘mars and attacks apunt the Legh group, o is psi covert ‘iowa seem to have played any sola whatsoever. Whun the theory Tecame » major there, ith the depron of La Reye's views, ven in Bagland, uo seeesc ie made to an ese Bogish verion Tn the coure ofthe ixooth ontry, the revival of pogan tr ans ptr IX oe Machin nro Raph ad hge Xt, slog tags niger ont tn a ft tl Inti Horr ont wep th a od ng {inn aed Soc Teen tea inal aeons, an the putemont over the taper data ol sone fvactgde nalts to comer raia enon a fhe pe ‘Annie thoy A lt in Holand the opponents nthe anys Imps fr the Chen worldview, Theos seh at Parclo and Bren, wee probably too spestve ant tv to tb talon sional a ering mtisctory eplationy af the ns sta, Tho Eg po Adamte thr oh they were nano 20 thor, Bt ast the clash ofan spt eonology ine intrmatin. Had the pr-Adeata theory not Don read oe ‘he event etary and ot nen sorted by the anna, fit of the ncteath sentry), th fow een os th ‘ace would hae ben wien of titre reflations a seo {hosing gt poten thn sang ins Hower te sf wat an to happen, th Ressoance proved t bes peel ot {eastormatin fom old spsalatons may intended to Catton sd safiron the Hil petar ofthe wey jag conto, {sto of scot wd vno te ntae and denny in oe ‘cin ad mer te hat ply ot Badleon shows quite cesly tat al tone who rae ot any -eeth on te prbla ofthe on of tho Inna i the cates entry Ilda the Indians wee pat of the Adis nn Ppa dao seco (in eons to Pars) tht the Tolar woe {cy seh The dete that went on atong the exp as hier {he Taian cane trom Carthage, Anti Chin, Platine He ‘Thay sought ein anit pugen aod Sede Cristian wage Jats is thn catsy, the get Spnh tert, Jp Ge hese tlie Th ase wc rere tomy th te te a hes Tne cae fo Haro ot Aas att fo conto tag oly Spare which cary teaches that al men dened fe ‘Alt thas we om give a0 oh origin oma ate Tada Bo Aco ted to wok ot a land-bge ory. Tn 00, Cogese laren nig lindo cotended tha fi edna i fo ening th on arth men nd wom ay see the bang ofthe Wot ono, and tan thee ‘egg and origin om wu it ara Adoa an vse ah © ban on ini n,m Ae er ry me i ae (este h 7878 eon an guts Cee eg sp ‘ono Pom asda go See i. ™seus fom Noch aud his on, who wor sll who resin alive fer the General Delage" Th hort might gto a mesogenic. txplaston, but certain raza Realsanee speciation Bad sendy ‘et thestage fora olution resonsieaton not onl ofthe eblan ‘of tho origins of the Ameria Todas, Dut ao ofthe autheetity ofthe Bia! acount a 1 the peo fom Bruno and the Ralogh groop to La Pegs, ctl nothig seams to ave develnped to conte tote ney. ‘The aly figure who may have payed s further rle was Vein. In 1s De aired ate repina dengue mortal eco, helo th vin ede hh he an gtd fiom mad, puted by monkaye, avin and oe Osher atheist, 1 rpms old that oaly the Eiiopns cme from monk ‘Francia Bac had eommeted that she people of the Wee adn vere polahly younger than the ihatitants of the OM World ‘And Campana advanced the ths of th port of wo, in hie the inhaitants ofthe other worlds wae nt Adame Tipit ofthe evden ofthe ds of acest store! dats nd {he fntng ofthe explores wih the seeped Bibl rie, the cae Semio and thsologial estan’ managed to rma ueoent ‘stout the problem, satisting only i boring or Liling eh ofthe ‘ort affnders ws Bruno Vai aod Mase." eit ofthe p= Aunt tory onurel whas the Rensinancedevelopmenta were Toxmed into «new Bisa interpretation by Tato La Payee, 100- 16t6. La Peyee, ali his brave predceorn, pot i hry not pt a er fh hf lyn a a ey ‘heolgy Hi pr-Adanit theory wa generate fom the ile ae 10 thes slficn hy the Restate developmt He we le hoary tak would ‘compat ene dt, ul at tremendoas Fin, "To appreciate La Pep, an the calmnaion of eaiannc pee Inia and rumination, T tik ase has otk hia his mod his fe Dect mts ps ep mien wt ei, he ag moe para tia oc ‘hi att Deny a ta “Fe Howe, MO at hing Bog ain, a, Bae ut te cma eg fe id at yo a ot Lisneptn tn yin ono Nee ee "canto Rea nuns oe #8 sm maeapaure nanan 6 printed word He ws nota skola inthe Reon see, end gave tow ination of his wore. le red or knew abeut the teva Adami in Maso. His theory ino Ut bo knew oat Gailaume Posts Mesias and probably Judah Talen?® views, (thes than tht, his theory ems to Bev een elf generat ute reading of the Dib in Latin end Prose. (li fed Richad Sonos aimed he Inew author Grook nor Hebrew)” Whea Lx Pope came notaios afer hs book onthe Peas mas phe in 10, be offered aver dierent ei of his thory. Tested ik to » dead brothe, to his parton, od to his rndbg ot 86 Poste ‘omans B:12-1, The latter seems most probable in view of the fore rhs argues ‘To apraciate his theory, ono fist has to a tas «whole. La Poy: rire wat Galvin of Portgusse devi ecgns trom Bordon ‘Mo aried in Psst work Tr tho Proce of Go in 1640 Ta Pars 4 wasin th il of Nerseane, Hobbes, Gasund, La Mote Vay, rots, wot In 104-43 ho’ wrote his materpiee, a theoloe system base on the pre-Adanite theory, aod proving the fait ‘oming of the Moin, who would rule with “era uniere” the King of Frans. The Mist ptt of i wor, the Pacdemioe was etizatel to Titel, and Banned by im, Th oad pts te Mes. Sinai tion, Du Rappt des Ju, was pabled i164. The hoe, "ial guts of ib cae ony cclatl bruce until Quesu Citing couraged ot pa for the publeation of Prac diomtr in 1683-2 a, MAL So vn Megha Deg in et Mr 2 2 Lats, 58 Hm 2) al ane ao {Fe ng dil e my etn te frtenig Oe ae ‘ran of La Dec nif nee ‘tI ot Ft fen Pc ay he ee ‘Ents snr ft ot Gaye! Det Paes ite (ett 0. eg (ia pi ad a te Ieper tat fran a eal ater bs inna hath Pas, He tot esha ig be na se Ta pe ast i eg fC ‘eve the et ope stata Wl aay an Su Gan Gin we rn he, Ona Sota, ok. Ake ‘ast oe Yoh, hI Ln Pe sig mt oe oti ee ata naga taeCy onan m. ror ‘Th eters ofthe tne edited that hi wrk wa rod in maseip allover Horop, war rfted in 1649 by Gros, was commented ‘by al the savant, The whole tnry, the Pree adem pls Du appl de Jif, is « Mosiaio vison of « Matrno, establishing te ‘ental role in the imminent Meson age af the Jewish Chitin ‘Wo lack the orignal veron af the Provldamioe.Appateaty it onsited ofthe Bilisal argument thet within Serge alone i ean be eased that there were mea before Ada, and that he Dib it only the history af the Jer, no he story of mand, Thi ee is ade by analyzing 8, aa views onthe eign ofa though ‘Adama (hence sins world mst ave pre-eied), atl naling to erdencoin Goer tat tare must have bee poop pit At, By etal examination ofthe eroton storie in Gents, the role of Cis wife, Lt, ee, Ta Papi tid to show that on Adaies ‘ro involve in ho Bbal preetation. Then, ar «rst of Gro? ‘itcioms, of La Peseta invalvenent with Soumtsn, who bad fathered together the ancnntelmoologiel data in ie De dows {linatrii (164), nd of a Peyrz's stds on Grecland and Toe Jan ho wa blo to fry scan with lee explorer ad ethno ologjal data. Grotos bad cll La Peysie's view a dea and fentended che Indians were of Nerwepea ey dsenants fom ait Heikbson’sexpediion* La Peyrr, Garing. hi stay ln Copauhagen, 11611, gethrd information on Tela and Oreelan, ‘hing tht the Haims ware thn belts the Noe invasions an hati was more Hy tht the Bios eae frm America tha ‘hat tho Tadias cme from the arto Sots ade the bailing ‘up of La Posies can by potting together the aie pagan eas out astronomy sud aeelgy, showing that Calan, Heyetia, ‘nd oer data wert far back boyond th Biblia! ting!” La Peysiss stein fp 004 sc Le eon ete “Ee asa on fan Ged yt in Pande (rai hay wah wn a St aye ee al ‘ei he eS ee Be Be Omit py 0, {fon apn ss buen Eisen Ean ‘Tia tme torent Lag hin Daa nv Oe Wt so ira at CE Wars oBresF cae3 5 Gin Seat, en mir od, 48, Prt ‘rote Saute thanking hi for ie ely fot “on eb ot bay pe Adee." “The point In Le Pepe's thory, alike any pevioun form of ‘proAdaminn, wat to pours Jowith history from melas Bisons Towish Wty, for La Peyrze, was provident, cedar ity jst points state of rate, After ah lndfnte pero af snd, brutal pre-Adamite history, God created Adam, the fr Tor, te commence the salvation history of all mankind: Thin story ang through thes mainstage, the eetion of the Jews sating ith Adam, th rojeton ofthe Jems tte tina of Jet andthe rec sf the Jows tothe ental ole in Provident sry, whi it tae ac at any oreat This wal is ot poe) the converon ‘0 the Jems to # minimal Chetan, the conver (ie, Marans) {oining With the King of Francs (e thnry posbly bosowed fos, Guilaune Pot, () th convert rebuilding Jearlem, and (2) he coming ofthe Jewish Mesiah who wil le he word with the corer sud th King of Fran ‘To make bis theory more than jest one moro Mensano vison, 1a Peyric adduced a yowesal eaten of evidence ta chow at “oda Halevi had lained, thst Jewish history ithe noes sor of ‘os hintory, and thatthe converte wae the crcl tors I te seveoteeath-century ealmination of th Divine histor dria. La Payee called hit view “thelial aytam” based onthe nove ‘hat there were men before Adam, Ualke his redone he bul sp nyster within Jude Chiisnty, and wel he canal ser, ina and oom explorer nud anropiogia! data to burst Bis ene Ineo doing, be of cours, tiga fm most power ein ot the sutatity and vale of the Bible, Oote his atrnel vides within the Bible was taken seriou, it then Lecame exeedingy oa to malntinSxptae nthe aesount of the xgion tad Steg of mankind, Resid devingpre-Adarnim from she Biel tort, 1a Pepsico inte the sud of tho bl as hintarial Gost sant Dy balling whather Moves wrote the text we ve and ‘ether tho test wo pose i onthe Te propo aay of roe Melby Ta ep hie a May SB owe se or {i tiga ttc nd I ny neti Men yf seni ob fg eo te ate ‘ap tt lining“ are Tany as Us eee eeling pagan history withthe Bile, and mens of seeping the ex plore datas ndependest of ibis hstory The cent that ney Aovaoping in tho sxtet-cuntary ruminations came t9 « climae in Ta Peyrite’s work. llth new information ould mak tate ne wore wing nls Jewish hirtory from aout history, La ‘Peyie tried to do this so tht Jewish history wosld renin the citer of tho stage, whl enol history eerie the milling srs ofthe various Kinds of pro-Adamiter, the wos, howeve, Would bb ssvedthroagh the ete of the Jens (Ii ater to note ‘hat inane way La Peyetre was moze ort then anyone elo of his time, In bi theory everybody would be saved to alter what they Toloved or what group they banged to, Jewish history was the ay the salvation drama worked ou, but both setar and sadence woul) parpate ia the alma ala ‘ia Poytie combined tho informtion galned through the sei covery af the pagan historian, the explorer dat, the predate flements within te Bil, and the poebiley ofan elena waverse Jaton thory til entered in Jude Christianity. Bat he wasabi aly reported immodiatly rejected by all the Jewish and Christian ther Togians He was refuted af nauseam daring the seveatenth entry. [He was arzated snd fared to soant Batis aotomplshment a a ‘oon ho probably did not autiipate, quiekly opeod the door to & nonlin intorprtation ofthe ature and dxtiny of an Spinors, Richard Simon asd Vico, cash sessing dfs elmens in i ‘theory, developed the bast ora wear evasion of unm histor. Spats mado tho reduction of the Bible to mere avout of Jewish [stor stoppng-stone toa aatralie intervention of word aii, aniyHsbrew views cold be intapreted on part ofthe hiery of Inuman saperstitin. "Tho couse of hit ovents cos beundersc fn terms of poychology and siloy. Son mae the Bie am ist cof seelar torial tu, to interpreted na the bass of itory, ‘uti terms of tho es aval strc nfcation, View soup the ioation of Jovish Matory Grom world history Wold story could be studied see, whi Joish history sealned abe Tent it was dicted by God. The futher developments over the centuries of historical, anthropoloia, archeological and gulogial 5 Lao nm Gp Sa al oe Sed in ae st, “al tin Sc Sent aon he Pg 17 Sic 1) $800 a ih natant Infomation fnlly mao oceculszed form of La Peyree's thuoey fet ofthe commonsense of educate raking, The ible could be ‘Seorted a an bstoral document exiting the views of am ealy iroup fom about 1200 B.C to 100 A.D. Th pelaouci gin Sfankind could bo soon as plausible explanation of the vasetn or the hvnenepoin. Ta Yormeof ths th Tliphtenment an nine feenth-antry thinkers cow Wek ost «alam, evoltonay ‘Petre of buna dovlopmeat ‘This tremendous teadfrmation of the groctlfamework in which the autor ard dating of man waa andrstond grew In prt caso {or Dave Tenssineo attempts to advance a now fort of the pre ‘Adanite tory. The humaine Information, the Tonite of tho Voyage of Dovey, the consideration of arom tara tories ovied the bur from which a revlanarysyetematie form a she preAdanito thory cold be launched. An aenated iouny, La Papi aught Ins wold betwen Judaien and Christianity cated ‘bythe Spanish foreedeouversion of th Tews, na then alot ofler a Mesanio version of pre-Adascm to otf the le of hit Mareane ‘poup in th fate af the world The apd weulreton af La Peyrte's ‘emellton of ancient history, the explorer dats, eel ansopo logy and Bal rsonstrcton provided one of the Rnlamenal Ise of the modern iatelostal wore ‘Washington Univenty "Any Sa el Oo, Rar ie ea Sd ‘1, id ltr eves ‘hgh Sty wh oe rs et eo ar Sith pte ncn ai cohen