Connection of Jesus Adam
The Connection of Jesus and Adam. It is certainly a statement of the absurdly obvious to say that Jesus of Nazareth is the central figure of Christianity. ... Jesus is Christianity, in its best moments. Jesus, from a Christian perspective, has numerous symbolic predecessors in the Old Testament: Abraham, Moses, Elijah, David, the Prophets (as a group). However, the symbolic connection between Jesus and Adam is very rich from the perspective of St. ... Adam, is depicted in the Hebrew Scriptures as the "first man." In the older creation story (in Genesis 2&3), Adam is the first human being. In fact, "Adam" means "human being" in Hebrew.