The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood
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When a small, peculiar, palm-sized clay tablet made its way to the desk of Irving Finkel, Assyriologist and Assistant Keeper at the British Museum, Finkel could hardly believe his luck. What he... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0385537115
ISBN13:9780385537117
Release Date:March 2014
Publisher:Nan A. Talese
Length:432 Pages
Weight:1.82 lbs.
Dimensions:9.5" x 1.4" x 6.5"
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finkel is a bible sceptic, and he wants you to be one also
Published by Daniel , 10 months ago
this book is written from the point of view that the bible is a made up myth that borrowed from earlier made up myth. if you're already convinced of this, then you will love this book.
two things finkel asserts that I disagree with. first, that the flood story was orally transmitted for a thousand years before it was written. where does he get that from?
second, he says that the Ugaritic alphabet is the oldest. what about the serabit? what he is trying to do is to put the flood story as far back into history as possible, and to put the genesis story as far toward the present as possible.
finkel says the epic of Gilgamesh is usually considered to be the source for the Genesis story about the flood. one possible problem with this theory is that genesis may have been written before the flood story was added to Gilgamesh. finkel seems to think that anything written in cuneiform must be older than anything written in alphabet. finkel surely knows better, but he doesn't make it clear, so the reader must remain aware.
finkel does admit that only a portion of the cuneiform has been read, and there may be other flood stories not yet discovered. yes, and I would say: the genuine source for genesis hasn't been found yet.
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