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In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration is unavailable, but you can change that!

Was Adam a real historical person? And if so, who was he and when did he live? William Lane Craig sets out to answer these questions through a biblical and scientific investigation. He begins with an inquiry into the genre of Genesis 1–11, determining that it can most plausibly be classified as mytho-history—a narrative with both literary and historical value. He then moves into the New...

But by definition an omniscient person cannot possess false beliefs. According to the standard definition, a person S is omniscient iff for any proposition p, if p, then S knows that p and does not believe not-p.8 Kenotic theologians notwithstanding, it is plausible to think that omniscience is an essential attribute of God, entailed by his being the greatest conceivable being.9 Therefore, Jesus must have been and is omniscient. It does no good to say that a typical human consciousness is error-prone
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