[berned]

They were well used to allegory as a means of illuminating complex truths; they wouldn't have considered Genesis false, even if they *were* aware of the vastly more complex ways the process really occurred. So why should we?

Well, that's interesting because in the Gospel of Luke, (who, by the way was a very learned "university educated" physician, and considered one of the most thorough and meticulous historians in all of recorded history) anyway, in the Gospel of Luke, there is geneology that traces a direct line of birth succession from Jesus straight back to -- ADAM. It begins at Luke 3:33.

This geneology came from the historical birth records kept by Jewish historians. Jesus believed that He was a descendant of Adam, the first man, who God CREATED. The Holy Spirit allowed this geneology to be recorded and to stand for all who came along after to read it. The same exact Holy Spirit who gave the Genesis account to Moses.

There is no allegorical value to a long dry geneology. It is presented as historical fact.

[Right Wing Professor]

The Jews had histroical records that survived the flood, the fall of the Tower of Babel, and the various captivities? I find no record of that in the Bible.

[Aric2000]

Sorry, but you need to read your history, the gospels were not written by the apostles. They were written 2nd and 3rd hand, a vast majority if not ALL biblical scholars agree with that assessment. So sorry, it is circumstantial evidence at best.

I will agree that Jesus was related to King David of the jews and had the correct lineage to be the king of the jews, but to go any further then that is speculation at best. And anyone that tells you that they can trace thier genealogy back to Adam is either lying to you or straight up nuts...