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The biblical Flood : a case study of the Church's response to extrabiblical evidence / Davis A. Young.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans ; 1995.Description: xiii, 327 p. : map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0802807194 (pbk. : t.p. verso)
  • 0853646783 (Paternoster)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 222/.1106/09 20
LOC classification:
  • BS 658 .Y68 1995
Contents:
The flood in early Jewish thought -- The flood in early Christian thought -- The flood in the Middle Ages and Renaissance -- The impact of the exploration of the new world -- Diluvial cosmogonies and the beginnings of geology -- The collapse of diluvial cosmogonies and the beginnings of modern geology -- Early nineteenth-century developments in geology -- Advance and regression in geological thought -- The popularizers of geology -- Theology in the mid-nineteenth century -- New discoveries and deluge theories of the late nineteenth century -- Biblical scholarship until the fundamentalist-modernist controversies -- Scientific advances of the early twentieth century -- Mesopotamian flood deposits -- Recent developments in science and biblical studies -- Twentieth-century flood geology -- Recent theories of the flood -- Recent commentary on the flood.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BS 658 .Y68 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA001082 1 Available AUA001082
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BS 658 .Y68 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA007312 2 Available AUA007312

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The flood in early Jewish thought --
The flood in early Christian thought --
The flood in the Middle Ages and Renaissance --
The impact of the exploration of the new world --
Diluvial cosmogonies and the beginnings of geology --
The collapse of diluvial cosmogonies and the beginnings of modern geology --
Early nineteenth-century developments in geology --
Advance and regression in geological thought --
The popularizers of geology --
Theology in the mid-nineteenth century --
New discoveries and deluge theories of the late nineteenth century --
Biblical scholarship until the fundamentalist-modernist controversies --
Scientific advances of the early twentieth century --
Mesopotamian flood deposits --
Recent developments in science and biblical studies --
Twentieth-century flood geology --
Recent theories of the flood --
Recent commentary on the flood.