BET Archive | Volume 5 - Essays on The Historical Adam
Title
The Plight and Solution of the Primitive Person
Benjamin Petroelje
Abstract (from the Editorial of BET vol. 5.2)
Benjamin Petroelje’s essay explores an alternative “plight” to the Adam thread woven throughout the Bible. Rather than focusing on sin, death and guilt, Petroelje focuses on the themes of unity and duality. Using Plato as a conversation partner, Petroelje offers a fresh reading of Genesis and Ephesians, and argues that Adam’s duality as male and female represents a tension that is resolved in the unity of Christ and the Church.
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Benj Petroelje is the Pastor of 14th Street Christian Reformed Church in Holland, MI. He holds a PhD in New Testament from the University of Edinburgh. Benj is a member of the St. Peter Fellowship of the Center for Pastor Theologians.
