Long known as the classic work on the study of Atlantis, the author puts forth the idea that this was the true place where civilization began. The great philosopher, Plato, mentioned Atlantis, which is said to have been a great civilization that had sunk into the sea and disappeared. Subjects include Plato's Atlantis, destruction of Atlantis, deluge stories throughout history, inherited civilization, old and new world interaction, Atlantis in Genesis, origin of the alphabet, the kings of Atlantis become Greek gods, the pyramid, the cross, the Garden of Eden, Atlantean colonies, and much more. This one book has done more than any other in promoting the idea for the lost continent of Atlantis.
Roger H. Pearson, in response to a letter from Dr. Charles Willis, an ark expeditioner from Fresno, California. Excerpts from Chaplain Pearson's letter are as follows: Sometime in late 1964, a group of people stopped at Trabzon [Turkey] ...
Is this then the reality behind the ancient tale of Noah? More to the point, why does it matter? What does the story of the Flood mean to us and why does it so stir the collective imagination?
Noah's Ark
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This book has brought these different perspectives together with two goals: (1) to better define the real differences within diluvial geology, and (2) to identify the concrete issues that will provide a basis for continued research and, ...
This edition reprints the complete text of The Great Flood along with an abridged selection of the original notes.
Relive the story of Noah's Ark in this beautiful book illustrated by Iris Deppe.
Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969.
In this text, David Pleins looks at the history of our attempts to understand Noah's flood, from medieval Jewish and Christian speculation about the details of the ark to contemporary efforts to link the story to scientific findings.
From the late eighteenth century until the present day the story of Noah's Flood has been involved also in the conflict between traditional religious beliefs and science and the attempts to harmonize the two.