The Image of Adam: Death in Paul and Genesis 1–5

BET Archive | Volume 5 - Essays on The Historical Adam

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The Image of Adam: Death in Paul and Genesis 1–5

John W. Yates III


Abstract (from the Editorial of BET vol. 5.1)

John Yates’ essay offers us a close reading of 1 Corinthians 15, and argues that Paul assumes Adam’s fall, focusing on Adam as an image of sin and death contra Christ, who is the image of life.


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John W. Yates III is the Rector of Holy Trinity Church in Raleigh, NC. He holds a PhD in New Testament from the University of Cambridge and is currently serving as a series editor for the Reformation Anglicanism Essential Library (Crossway). He is a member of the St. Anselm Fellowship of the Center for Pastor Theologians.