The Biblical Flood: A Case Study of the Church's Response to Extrabiblical EvidenceEerdmans, 1995 - 327 pagini Using the biblical flood as an example, Young contends that the church has not always handled evidence well in grappling with scientific matters and issues a call to biblical scholars to interpret the Genesis text more rigorously in light of current scientific knowledge. |
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The Flood in Early Jewish Thought | 1 |
The Flood in Early Christian Thought | 13 |
The Flood in the Middle Ages and Renaissance | 31 |
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