When the Great Abyss Opened: Classic and Contemporary Readings of Noah's Flood
- ISBN-10
- 0199852502
- ISBN-13
- 9780199852505
- Series
- When the Great Abyss Opened
- Category
- Deluge
- Pages
- 242
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Author
- J. David Pleins
Description
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.
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