Abstract:

The 17th century is also known as the era of doubt in Europe. Geographical, historical and scientific discoveries from the 16th century have opened new horizons. From the Renaissance period, the development of the philosophical thought has gained a rational point of view weight, on the one hand, and on the other hand, the religious struggles between the Christian disciples have pushed the thought minds out of the religious paradigm. Thro the centuries, the facts understood as historical, natural or human truths have also begun to be seen with doubt in the axis of the Holy Book of Christianity. The pre-Adamic hypothesis of French researcher Isaac La Peyrère is one of the important examples that reflect the suspicious mindset of that period. The question of La Peyrère whether the people existed before Adam is a product of an effort to match the Book with the Holy. The process of La Peyrère’s briefing at the beginning of the Book of the Great, which began with the discussion of the most fundamental briefing of man’s existence on earth, continued with the question of the authenticity and the values of the Old Testament, extending to the discussion of whether the historic Jesus and the New Testament were the word of God. As a result, La Peyrère's pre-Adamists did not accept the hypothesis, but the Book was raised by serious doubts about the reliability of the Great, leading the Book to the criticism of the Great.

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