Do you know the date when
Adam was created?
The plain and simple answer is no, although there have been many attempts at doing so. Obviously the farther back we go in history the less certain we are of the chronology, unless we have specific data. For example, we know that Solomon completed the building of the first Temple about 960 BC. 1st Kings 6:1 states that the Exodus happened 480 years before the construction of the Temple, placing the time of the Exodus at about 1450 BC [which I think matches historically with Egyptology - but that is a matter for another time].
Since we don’t have such specific data linked to the time of Adam, I think it is impossible to know. But let me offer this caveat. Many reputable scholars, such as E. R. Thiele and L. McFall, suggest that agriculture commenced in the ancient near east around 10,000 year ago. If one were take that number as a matter of fact, and since Cain [Adam and Eve’s son] was a farmer, then Adam could possibly have been created around 8,000 BC.
The plain and simple answer is no, although there have been many attempts at doing so. Obviously the farther back we go in history the less certain we are of the chronology, unless we have specific data. For example, we know that Solomon completed the building of the first Temple about 960 BC. 1st Kings 6:1 states that the Exodus happened 480 years before the construction of the Temple, placing the time of the Exodus at about 1450 BC [which I think matches historically with Egyptology - but that is a matter for another time].
Since we don’t have such specific data linked to the time of Adam, I think it is impossible to know. But let me offer this caveat. Many reputable scholars, such as E. R. Thiele and L. McFall, suggest that agriculture commenced in the ancient near east around 10,000 year ago. If one were take that number as a matter of fact, and since Cain [Adam and Eve’s son] was a farmer, then Adam could possibly have been created around 8,000 BC.
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