Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Pre-Adamites

Before Adam was created. Isaac de la Peyreri maintained that only the Jews are descended from Adam, and that the Gentiles are descended from a race of men existing before Adam; as the book of Genesis is the history of the Jews only, it does not concern itself with other races. (1655.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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