Preface xvi

Locus IV De creatione 1

PART I: CREATION, CONSERVATION, AND CONCURRENCE 3
1 Biblical Data Concerning Creatio originans et continuans 5
2 Analysis of Creatio originans et continuans 16
3 God, Time, and Creation 33

PART II: PROVIDENCE 71
1 Providentia ordinaria 73
2 Providentia extraordinaria 112
3 Concluding Remarks 126

EXCURSUS ON THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE 129
1 Biblical Data Concerning the Origin and Evolution of Life 131
2 Philosophical Preliminaries to the Origin and Evolution of Life 187
3 The Origin of Life 195
4 The Evolution of Life 244

Locus V De Homine 349

PART I: MAN'S CREATION IN THE IMAGE OF GOD 353
1 Biblical Data Concerning the Image of God 355
2 Objections to Anthropological Dualism 410
3 Arguments for Anthropological Dualism 419
4 Soul/Body Dualism 454
5 Summary 473

EXCURSUS ON THE HISTORICAL ADAM AND HUMAN ORIGINS 477
1 Importance of the Question 479
2 Literary Genre of Gen 1–11 482
3 New Testament Data on the Historical Adam 494
4 Scientific Evidence of Human Origins 498
5 Concluding Remarks 516

PART II: MAN AS SINNER 521
1 Biblical Data Concerning Man's Sinful Condition 523
2 A Christian Doctrine of Sin 541
3 Concluding Remarks 576

Bibliography 579
Subject and Name Index 605
Scripture Index 627