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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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No one else has given us such sustained readability in an effort to summarize the historical and cultural impact through the centuries of the biblical Flood story. * L. Russ Bush III, Journal of the American Academy of Religion *
No one who writes on this subject in the future, however, will successfully ignore this work by Pleins. * L. Russ Bush III, Journal of the American Academy of Religion *

When the Great Abyss Opened Classic Contemporary Readings of Noahs Flood

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
      Publication Date: 8/21/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780195156089, 978-0195156089
      ISBN10: 0195156080
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      No one else has given us such sustained readability in an effort to summarize the historical and cultural impact through the centuries of the biblical Flood story. * L. Russ Bush III, Journal of the American Academy of Religion *
      No one who writes on this subject in the future, however, will successfully ignore this work by Pleins. * L. Russ Bush III, Journal of the American Academy of Religion *

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