Isaac La Peyrère
French author
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Isaac La Peyrère was a French author known for his theory of preadamitism. This doctrine posits the existence of humans before Adam, the first man in the Bible. La Peyrère specifically argued that only Jews are descendants of Adam, while Gentiles (non-Jews) descended from people who lived before Adam. This belief in preadamites, or inhabitants of the Earth before Adam, was a significant aspect of his work.12
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