AcknowledgmentsI.IntroductionII.The Life of Isaac La PeyrèreIII.The History of the Pre-Adamite Theory from Ancient Times to La PeyrèreIV.Biblical Criticism and Interpretation in La PeyrèreV.French Nationalist Messianism up to La PeyrèreVI.La Peyrère’s Heretical Theological TheoriesVII.The Influence of La Peyrère’s Biblical CriticismVIII.The Influence of La Peyrère’s French Oriented MessianismIX.The Pre-Adamite Theory in the Enlightenment, and the Scientific Conflicts of Polygenetic and Monogenetic TheoriesX.Pre-Adamism and RacismXI.La Peyrère’s Legacy in the Twentieth CenturyNotesBibliographyIndex