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Adam
Adam anchors the opening human story: created in the image of God, placed in the garden, entrusted with vocation, and bound to the tragedy of sin entering the human family.
Adam anchors the opening human story: created in the image of God, placed in the garden, entrusted with vocation, and bound to the tragedy of sin entering the human family.
First human / covenant head
Old Testament
Creation and fall
Core books
Genesis · Romans · 1 Corinthians
Read first
Genesis 1-3 · Genesis 5 · Romans 5
Why this matters
creation · image of God · vocation · fall
The people who shape Adam's story
Adam is easier to read when Samuel, Saul, Jonathan, Bathsheba, Solomon, and the wider royal house stay in view.
Where to go after Adam
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