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When the Great Abyss Opened

J. David Pleins
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      The story of Noah's flood is one of the best-loved and most often retold biblical tales and the inspiration for numerous children's books and toys, novels and even films. Whether as allusion, archetype or literal presence - the American landscape is peppered with "recreations" of the ark - the story of Noah's animals and the ark resonates throughout American culture and the world. While most think of Noah's ark as a dramatic myth, others are consumed by the quest for geological and archeological proof that the flood really occurred. Persistent rumours of a large vessel on the mountain of Ararat in Turkey, for instance, have led many pilgrims and explorers over the centuries to visit that fabled peak. Recent finds suggest that there may have been a catastrophic flood on the shores of the Black Sea some 7600 years ago In this book, 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. He explores the parallel Mesopotamian flood stories and opens up their mythical dimensions and their deeper social and ps
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: J. David Pleins EAN: 9780195156089 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 595 g HEIGHT: 241 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2003-08-21 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, RELIGION / Religion & Science WIDTH: 162 cm SPINE:

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      Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Religion: general

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      J. David Pleins is Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University, where he teaches courses in biblical studies and comparative ancient Near Eastern literature and mythology. He is the author of The Social Visions of the Hebrew Bible: A Theological Introduction (2001) and Psalms: Songs of Tragedy, Hope, and Justice (1993).
      The story of Noah's flood is one of the best-loved and most often retold biblical tales and the inspiration for numerous children's books and toys, novels and even films. Whether as allusion, archetype or literal presence - the American landscape is peppered with "recreations" of the ark - the story of Noah's animals and the ark resonates throughout American culture and the world. While most think of Noah's ark as a dramatic myth, others are consumed by the quest for geological and archeological proof that the flood really occurred. Persistent rumours of a large vessel on the mountain of Ararat in Turkey, for instance, have led many pilgrims and explorers over the centuries to visit that fabled peak. Recent finds suggest that there may have been a catastrophic flood on the shores of the Black Sea some 7600 years ago In this book, 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. He explores the parallel Mesopotamian flood stories and opens up their mythical dimensions and their deeper social and ps
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: J. David Pleins EAN: 9780195156089 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 595 g HEIGHT: 241 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2003-08-21 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, RELIGION / Religion & Science WIDTH: 162 cm SPINE:

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      Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Religion: general

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      J. David Pleins is Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University, where he teaches courses in biblical studies and comparative ancient Near Eastern literature and mythology. He is the author of The Social Visions of the Hebrew Bible: A Theological Introduction (2001) and Psalms: Songs of Tragedy, Hope, and Justice (1993).

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