The Phenomenon of Adam. Experimental Archeology about Man Before the Flood

1. Entity type Lemma
2. Original titleФеномен Адама. Экспериментальная археология о человеке до потопа
3. Language term Russian
4. lemma author Saprykin, Dmitry
5. lemma category Orthodox Anthropology - Orthodox theological tradition and practice > Biblical interpretation - Modes of interaction > Integration
6. Publication date 2008
7. lemma work Волков Павел [Author]. The Phenomenon of Adam. Experimental Archeology about Man Before the Flood
8. lemma manifestations Феномен Адама. Экспериментальная археология о человеке до потопа : The Phenomenon of Adam. Experimental Archeology about Man Before the Flood
9. Keywords Genesis, Bible - Biblical archeology
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    1. Pavel Vladimirovich Volkov is PhD in History, an archaeologist, a specialist in the field of paleolithology, the author of a number of articles and monographs devoted to the analysis and reconstruction of the most ancient technologies. The attempt to solve professional problems, the need to understand the logic of the ancient master's actions, to penetrate his thoughts, to comprehend the state of his soul, made P.V. Volkov turn to the question of the religion origin, to look for its roots in the depths of human history.

       P.V. Volkov's book “The Phenomenon of Adam” is a further development of the theme of ancient man in the context of biblical history. The author develops his scientific concept of the man origin on the basis of Christian theology. His interpretations do not contradict the data of modern paleontology, and the mankind genesis tree seems quite acceptable for anthropologists. The name of the French archaeologist Teilhard de Chardin is not often mentioned in the text, but it is quite obvious to the reader that the author contrasts his own, completely different view of the question about man, first of all to his judgments.

       It is noteworthy that P.V. Volkov, referring to such fundamental problems as the question of ancestral home of the mankind, the chronology, the status of Neanderthals, archeology of the World Flood, in no way considers his anthropological and archaeological interpretations to be final. In this sense, this book is a serious step forward and at the same time a stimulus to develop a constructive dialogue between theology and science.