Can We Believe in Creation and Evolution?

Questions Science Asks of Scripture and Scripture Asks of Science

Author: James K. Hoffmeier & Janet L. Siefert

An honest and accessible treatment of one of the most common objections to Christianity

Many Christians remain skeptical about whether science's current old-earth, evolutionary consensus properly respects the Bible. And many scientists' concerns about Scripture hinder their faith. Can We Believe in Creation and Evolution? invites readers to “listen in” as two experts tackle these problems.

Pairing Old Testament scholar and archaeologist James K. Hoffmeier with biologist and genomic researcher Janet L. Siefert, this book addresses questions like

What is the proper role of science in explaining origins?

How are scientific experiments about origins conducted?

Which Scriptures deal with the origins of both the universe and of humans?

How can we affirm God as creator and evolution as a mechanism of creation?

In this book, both authors pose questions, posit answers, and provide reflections. Ultimately, they agree that when science and Scripture are interpreted properly and each discipline stays within its respective lane, conflict between the two need not prevail.

Author:

James K. Hoffmeier (PhD, University of Toronto) is emeritus professor of Old Testament and Near Eastern archaeology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He taught Old Testament and Hebrew for over forty years. For the last twenty years he focused on Hebrew exegesis in the prophetic books. He engaged in archaeological work in Sinai and at the Karnak Temple Complex in Egypt, and presently is part of a team investigating the Cushite cemetery at Nuri, Sudan. His other works include The Archaeology of the Bible.

(PhD, University of Houston) serves as the Lanier Fellow for the Intersection of Science and Faith. She has been featured in multiple documentaries on Discovery, National Geographic, and the History Channel.

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