- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Eisenbrauns; Unabridged edition (Jun 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0966784014
- ISBN-13: 978-0966784015
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,646,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Every year in December, millions of otherwise rational people speak and sing about an overweight man in a red and white suit who some say is pulled through the air by flying reindeer and who reportedly slides down narrow chimneys with a sack of toys. Read the first page
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60 of 68 people found the following review helpful
Solved: The Story of Noah and the Flood
26 Jun 2000
Format:Hardcover
This book examines six versions of an ancient flood legend (The Ziusudra Epic, The Atrahasis Epic, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Genesis 6-9, The Berossus History, and The Moses of Khoren. The author begins by listing phases and words common to each version, to demonstrate they are related and have a common origin. He then extracts the plausible and possible portions of each legend and removes the mythical (physically impossible or highly improble) elements. He draws upon archeological evidence of actual historical events, sites, and persons, examines early numbering systems, and the various meanings of key words in early written languages. The result: a very realistic, readable, and convincing reconstruction of the flood myth.
The author attributes the Noah story to a six day flood on the Euphrates River, around 2900BC. Noah (Ziusudra, a known king of the Sumerian city-state Shuruppak) and his family are swept down the river into the Persian Gulf on Noah's commercial river barge. They drift for nearly a year and eventually ground in an estuary near the mouth of the river.
This book is the most convincing and plausible account of the Noah legend I have read, or ever expect to read. The author examines every detail of the legend, and shows how mistranslations of key words and phrases led to faulty modern interpretations, such as the ark grounding on Mt. Ararat.
Also included is an analysis of the ages of Noah and the other antediluvians. Again, the author is totally convincing. This book is a scientific "tour de force". The author sifts through a mountain of information and extracts its essence ... what REALLY happened to Noah.
This book should be read by anyone interested in biblical history including (1) creationists, who may be disappointed, (2) those who are wasting their time searching for an ark on Mt. Aratat, (3) advocates of the Black Sea innundation theory, and even (4) biblical skeptics, who will discover the story is not so farfetched as it seems!
37 of 42 people found the following review helpful
A well-reasoned proposal for the reality of the legend
12 May 1999
Format:Hardcover
At last there is a well-reasoned proposal for the historical reality underlying the legend of Noah and the Flood. Best does not speculate that the Flood is merely an allusion to one of the many floods of the Tigris-Euphrates plain. Rather "Noah" is a king/priest who lived at the beginning of the third millenium. The Flood is the flood of 2900 BCE. Best includes chapters on the transmission of the text, the construction of the Ark, the voyage of the Ark, and what happened to Noah and his family after the voyage. Most thought-provoking is Best's detailed explanation of the biblical fi- gures found in Genesis 11. This book is fascinating and worth reading by anyone interested in the stories of Noah and the Flood.
32 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Brilliant explanation of the Noah myth
29 May 2001
Format:Hardcover
A great book.An excellent guide to the origin of the Noah myth and the other flood myths from the area.Great detail had been achived in researching possible origins for the many wild statements made in Genesis,and in showing that the flood was not global. A great book to give to a creationist as a present.
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