The Genesis Enigma: Why the First Book of the Bible Is Scientifically Accurate - Couverture souple

Parker, Andrew

 
9780452296558: The Genesis Enigma: Why the First Book of the Bible Is Scientifically Accurate
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0452296552 ISBN 13 : 9780452296558
Editeur : Plume, 2010

Synopsis

"The single Darwinian bicentenary publication most liable to reconcile religion and science."
-Booklist (starred review)

Andrew Parker is known within the scientific community as the man who best explained the "big bang" in the diversity of life that occurred over 500 million years ago. Stimulated by that research, he became interested in the biblical account of Genesis. Light is mentioned twice; life first emerged in the sea; and then birds . . . The more he looked, the more he found parallels between Genesis and accepted scientific truths about the evolution of life. In The Genesis Enigma, Parker steps day by day through the week of biblical creation to explain the science that verifies its account. A brilliant work of scholarship, Parker's unprecedented rational argument for the existence of God will fascinate intellectually curious believers and nonbelievers alike.

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Quatrième de couverture

Do the latest discoveries of modern science prove the book of Genesis to be true?

It takes just one page in the Bible to describe the creation of the universe, the Earth, the sky, the seas and all life on our planet. But a close reading will reveal that it is written in a counter-intuitive order. Light is mentioned twice - in 'let there be light' and secondly in 'let there be lights . . . to divide the day from night'. Whales appear before birds. Vegetation appears after 'let there be light' but before day is separated from night.

In The Genesis Enigma Andrew Parker argues that the reason why the Genesis account is strangely ordered is, amazingly, that it precisely reflects the order of events as we now understand them. The latest analysis of Earth's ancient rocks and fossils and their comparison with animals today has completed our understanding of the history of the Earth and of life. By comparing the data of science with the words and phrases of Genesis 1-11, remarkable parallels become clear.

In a fascinating and controversial scientific detective story, Andrew Parker reveals how the latest modern understanding corresponds in unerring detail with the creation account in Genesis. His astonishing conclusions will revolutionize how many of us view the debate between science and religion, and asks the question: in a scientific world is there still a place for God?

Présentation de l'éditeur

"The single Darwinian bicentenary publication most liable to reconcile religion and science."
-Booklist (starred review)

Andrew Parker is known within the scientific community as the man who best explained the "big bang" in the diversity of life that occurred over 500 million years ago. Stimulated by that research, he became interested in the biblical account of Genesis. Light is mentioned twice; life first emerged in the sea; and then birds . . . The more he looked, the more he found parallels between Genesis and accepted scientific truths about the evolution of life. In The Genesis Enigma, Parker steps day by day through the week of biblical creation to explain the science that verifies its account. A brilliant work of scholarship, Parker's unprecedented rational argument for the existence of God will fascinate intellectually curious believers and nonbelievers alike.

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Éditeur
Plume
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0452296552
ISBN 13 
9780452296558
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780525951247: The Genesis Enigma: Why the Bible Is Scientifically Accurate

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ISBN 10 :  0525951245 ISBN 13 :  9780525951247
Editeur : E P Dutton, 2009
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