Creation's dawn / by "Kish" ; with a preface by A. H. Sayce.

  • Kish, pseud.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Creation's dawn / by "Kish" ; with a preface by A. H. Sayce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    know good and evil,” and in this respect again, Adam differs from the Pre-Adamites. The differentiation between the Pre-Adamites and the Adamite, has already been given in tabu- lated form, and it confirms the statement that the Pre-Adamites are entirely different to the Adamites. Elohim and Yahveh are in complete unison of purpose even as to their agreement that a Deluge should take place, although Their reasons for causing such a cataclysm are different. It may be that in reading these pages the state- ment that Pre-Adamite man is “ soulless ” may alienate many from embracing the whole of “ Crea- tion’s Dawn’s ” theory, yet the fact remains that this is so. Elohim’s object in creating iiis Human Race was that He should fashion a “ Head-piece ” to dominate the animal world, but without the afterthought of making Pre-Adamite man to be “ as one of us.” Pre-Adamite man was the chef-d^mivre of Elohim’s work, a thinking animal with a Godlike form, but with no other attributes of divinity. Yahveh, on the other hand, complies with Elohim’s request, “ Let us make Man,” and Yahveh fashions his Man—Adam—and endows him with that “ Breath of Life ” which at once places Adam on a higher level than the Pre-Adamites. The cuneiform Tablets of Babylonia confirm