Preadamites, or, A demonstration of the existence of men before Adam, together with a study of their condition, antiquity, racial affinities, and progressive dispersion over the earth / by Alexander Winchell.

  • Alexander Winchell
Date:
1890
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    p. 430 — Grounds of supposed high remoteness of Glacial period. I. Astronomical Hypotheses, p. 431 — II. Contemporaneousness of man with animals now extinct, p. 432 — Extinctions known to have taken place in modern times, p. 433 — Many species plainly aproach- ing extinction, p.434—Other extinctions apparently recent, p. 435 — III. Magnitude of geological changes since man’s advent. First impressions, p. 436 — But great events have taken place in times geologically recent, p. 437 — Some lessons from Alpine glaciers, p.437 — Glacier-relics in the United States, p.439 — Sundry recent but great geological events, p. 439 — Attempts to reach a numerical expression for man’s antiquity in Europe, p. 441 — Historical deduc- tions accordant with the final result from archaeology, p. 442. CHAPTER XXVIII. The Patriarchal Periods. The demand for more time than the Usherian chronology affords, p.446—Demand arising from fourth chapter of Genesis, p. 446 — Similar demand created by the narrative of the tenth chapter, p. 447 — And again by the eleventh chapter, p. 448 — Crawford’s exposition of patriarchal chronology, p.449 — This sustained by the known lon- gevity of Egyptians and Chinese in ancient times, p. 452—Chrono- logical result, p. 453 — Its establishment helpful to the rational credi- bility of the Pentateuch, p. 453. CHAPTER XXIX. Preadamitism in Literature. The doctrine of Preadamitism first deduced from Scripture, p. 454 — The writings of Peyrerius, p. 454 — A London work on. Preadamites in 1657, p. 455 — Biblical authority in science 200 years ago, p. 455 — Narrow views of the Bible still in existence, p. 456 — The rejection of collateral aids a virtual attack on inspiration, p. 456 — Repressive theology silencing Peyrerius, p. 457 — Principal points in the works of Peyrerius, p. 458 —Positions now accepted or defensi- ble on a Scriptural basis, p. 460— Bory de St. Vincent, Hombron and Van Amringe, p. 461—“Genesis of the Earth and Man,” p. 462 Examination of its positions, p. 463 —Articles in periodicals, p. 468 — M’Causland’s “Adam and the Adamite,” p. 468— Dr. D. D. Wliedon on the question of Preadamites, p. 470 —Dr. J. P. Thompson’s sug- gestion, p. 471 —Summary of the present work, p. 472.
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