Ask NT Wright Anything #201 Interpreting Genesis, Adam and Eve, Suffering and the Fall (Classic)

2024-01-11T15:09:00+00:00

As we dive into the new year here’s a replay from the podcast archives, where Tom Wright answers listener questions on how to interpret the early chapters of Genesis, what he believes about the nature of Adam and Eve, and whether suffering and death existed before the fall… Tom also pulls out the guitar once more for a Bob-Dylan x Genesis story song.

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