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9780684859200

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0684859203
ISBN-13
9780684859200
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1003381

Product Key Features

Book Title
Noah's Flood : the New Scientific Discoveries about the Event That Changed History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Ancient / General, Antiquities & Archaeology, Biblical Studies / History & Culture, Biblical Biography / Old Testament, History
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Science, History
Author
Walter Pitman, William Ryan
Format
Trade Paperback

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1 in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Trade
LCCN
98-045384
Reviews
David BrownThe Washington PostA fascinating lesson in geology, oceanography, archaeology, and inductive reasoning., Richard Ellis The New York Times Book Review An interesting and provocative story...Ryan and Pitman have thoroughly researched every aspect of this intricately woven story. They are articulate, enthusiastic, and dedicated., Philip Morrison and Phylis Morrison Scientific American As engaging as it is important...exciting...full of surprises, rivalries, and partnerships., Richard EllisThe New York Times Book ReviewAn interesting and provocative story...Ryan and Pitman have thoroughly researched every aspect of this intricately woven story. They are articulate, enthusiastic, and dedicated., Amanda Heller The Boston Globe A complex but thoroughly plausible solution to this intriguing mystery in a narrative of surprisingly dramatic intensity., David Brown The Washington Post A fascinating lesson in geology, oceanography, archaeology, and inductive reasoning., Philip Morrison and Phylis MorrisonScientific AmericanAs engaging as it is important...exciting...full of surprises, rivalries, and partnerships., Amanda HellerThe Boston GlobeA complex but thoroughly plausible solution to this intriguing mystery in a narrative of surprisingly dramatic intensity.
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
930.2
Table Of Content
Contents List of Maps Note to the Reader Prologue: Witnesses ONE: THE DISCOVERY OF THE FLOOD STORY 1 Deciphering the Legend 2 Conversions 3 Visions of Palaces 4 The Face of the Deep 5 Ur of the Chaldees TWO: THE DISCOVERY OF A REAL FLOOD 6 Hidden River 7 Gibraltar's Waterfall 8 Vanished Deserts 9 Pontus Axenus 10 Red Hill 11 Aquanauts 12 Immigrants 13 Close Encounter 14 Beachcombers 15 Back of the Envelope THREE: WHO WAS THERE, AND WHERE DID THEY GO? 16 Anybody There? 17 The Diaspora 18 Family Trees 19 The Guslar's Song FOUR: THE FLOOD STORIES TOLD 20 On a Golden Pond 21 Other Myths Epilogue: A Telling of Atrahasis Acknowledgments Notes Index List of Maps Mesopotamia and the Levant The voyage of the Chain up the Bosporus in 1961 The Glomar Challenger drilling the floor of the Mediterranean Sea in 1970 The Atlantis II mapping and sampling the seabed of the Black Sea in 1969 The Kerch Strait and the path of the ancient Don River The path of meltwater delivered from the Eurasian ice sheet, beginning around 12,500 B.C. The historical connection of the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Anatolia at the time farming began to spread Inferred human migrations west and northwest into Europe in the wake of the Black Sea flood Inferred human migrations northeast into Asia and southeast into the Levant, Egypt, and Mesopotamia The Takla Makan desert of western China with the shoreline of the giant lake that formerly filled the Tarim Basin A Sumerian map of their world
Synopsis
Over the millennia, the legend of a great deluge has endured in the biblical story of Noah and in such Middle Eastern myths as the epic of Gilgamesh. Now two distinguished geophysicists have discovered a catastrophic event that changed history, a gigantic flood 7,600 years ago in what is today the Black Sea. Using sound waves and coring devices to probe the sea floor, William Ryan and Walter Pitman revealed clear evidence that this inland body of water had once been a vast freshwater lake lying hundreds of feet below the level of the world's rising oceans. Sophisticated dating techniques confirmed that 7,600 years ago the mounting seas had burst through the narrow Bosporus valley, and the salt water of the Mediterranean had poured into the lake with unimaginable force, racing over beaches and up rivers, destroying or chasing all life before it. The rim of the lake, which had served as an oasis, a Garden of Eden for farms and villages in a vast region of semi-desert, became a sea of death. The people fled, dispersing their languages, genes, and memories., Over the millennia, the legend of a great deluge has endured in the biblical story of Noah and in such Middle Eastern myths as the epic of Gilgamesh. Now two distinguished geophysicists have discovered a catastrophic event that changed history, a gigantic flood 7,600 years ago in what is today the Black Sea.Using sound waves and coring devices to probe the sea floor, William Ryan and Walter Pitman revealed clear evidence that this inland body of water had once been a vast freshwater lake lying hundreds of feet below the level of the world's rising oceans. Sophisticated dating techniques confirmed that 7,600 years ago the mounting seas had burst through the narrow Bosporus valley, and the salt water of the Mediterranean had poured into the lake with unimaginable force, racing over beaches and up rivers, destroying or chasing all life before it. The rim of the lake, which had served as an oasis, a Garden of Eden for farms and villages in a vast region of semi-desert, became a sea of death. The people fled, dispersing their languages, genes, and memories.
LC Classification Number
BS658

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  • by jeffrey_newcombe
    24 May, 2021

    Excellent reading!

    Excellent reading! Recounts the work of scientists in various fields, describing in fascinating detail their contributions to the centuries-old detective story, looking for evidence of the biblical flood story. The book examines what has been found -- not only above and below the ground at Nineveh, Jericho, Catal Huyuk, Babylon, etc., but also evidence found underwater at sites around the world from Barbados to the Black sea, providing rich data about the rise and fall of water levels. It is amazingly rich in information about oceanography, ice age time-lines, ancient languages, carbon dating, geology and archeology, and is loaded with wonderful tidbits about human history. Just the story of Gilgamesh and the "stone things" is worth the price of this book.

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  • by dusters58
    20 Oct, 2021

    An attempt to discredit Genesis as fact.

    An attempt to discredit the Genesis account of the Deluge sent by God to cleanse the world of a totally corrupt and evil and violent depraved humanity. Posit a local flood myth. Worthless attempt to discredit God's infallible Word. "Let God be true and every man a liar."

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale

  • by yoular1950
    02 Jan, 2021

    A great value, wonderfully informative!

    A wonderful addition to my library! Happy to have it!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

  • by ear.taylo
    24 Aug, 2021

    noah’s flood.

    very good information in this book.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

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