Abstract
First Paragraph:
A global Flood is attested throughout Church history, including more early church fathers, reformers, and moderns than can be mentioned (see VanDoodewaard 2015 for a comprehensive review). But it is not simply because this view is historically pedigreed that it is preferable; it is because it is robust in its approach to the issues. Can a global Flood view provide a synthesis of the modern biblical and scientific issues and evidences? I believe it can. Here I focus on four themes: the pitfalls of local and mythological perceptions of the Flood, the biblical affirmation of a global Flood in Genesis 6–9, the use of the Flood narrative in the New Testament, and geological evidences for a global Flood.
| Original language | American English |
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| Title of host publication | Dictionary of Christianity and Science |
| State | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Noah
- Genesis
- geology
- Ancient Near East
Disciplines
- Biblical Studies
- Christianity
- Geology
- Paleobiology