Did Eve Have an Extra Rib?: And Other Tough Questions about the Bible [Paperback]

Ken Ham (Author)

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Publication Date: May 2002

A sequel to the popular Did Adam Have a Bellybutton, this book continues with more probing questions and answers about the Bible, and Genesis in particular. Ken Ham answers each question biblically and scientifically with rapid-fire delivery and accuracy.

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Simple, easy-to-read answers to tough questions about the Bible that everyone can understand and enjoy. -- Roger Howerton, assistant editor, Master Books, May 31, 2002

About the Author

Ken Ham is one of the most in-demand Christian conference speakers in the United States. He is the executive director of Answers in Genesis and the author of many books emphasizing the relevance of the Book of Genesis to the lives of people.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Master Books (May 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890513708
• ISBN-13: 978-0890513705
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,264,776 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Ken Ham is the president/CEO and founder of Answers in Genesis - U.S. and the highly acclaimed Creation Museum. Ken Ham is one of the most in-demand Christian speakers in North America.

Ken's emphasis is on the relevance and authority of the book of Genesis and how compromise on Genesis has opened a dangerous door regarding how the culture and church view biblical authority. His Australian accent, keen sense of humor, captivating stories, and exceptional PowerPoint illustrations have made him one of North America's most effective Christian communicators.

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58 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Does Ken Ham Have a Brain: And Other Easy Questions About Creationism Redux, September 19, 2006

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This review is from: Did Eve Have an Extra Rib?: And Other Tough Questions about the Bible (Paperback)

Donkeys can talk and people can fly and a man named Yeshua lives up in the sky. Eve (mitochondrial) had no extra ribs as fossils attest; "scientific creationism" which has to ask this question and its followers are silly at best. Dinosaurs and dragons are one and the same, for this manifest folly we have Young Earth Creationists to blame. Kenneth Ham is no Dr. Suess, his prose is turgid and his thinking obtuse. How can anyone believe a word in this book, if the author sold cars you'd think he's a crook. This book is an adult version of the fiction presented in "A is for Adam" and "D is for Dinosaur," less the faux-Suess diction.

Let's take a closer look at the whole "dragon" thing...

Among the dinosaurs that are cross-dressed by creationists into dragons is Baryonyx, a large meat-eating dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period of England (120 MYA). Baryonyx means "Heavy Claw" and is named after a massive claw that grows on the first digit of each hand. This dinosaur-in-drag dragon is an imaginary monster made up by Ken Ham and others to promote the crazy consensus of Young Earth Creationists (YECs) that dinosaurs lived alongside man.

The pathetic logic used to arrive at this fanciful conclusion goes something like this: if it looks like a dragon and comes from England where dragon tales were told, then it must be a dragon that Knights like St. George killed long ago. Unfortunately for the creationist claque none of the dragon images and descriptions match that of Baryonyx (bat wings, fiery breath, dog-like ears, etc.). But Ham and other benighted monks of creeping medievalism made Baryonyx into the image and likeness of a dragon anyway.

Ham also fails to tell the reader that the tale of St. George and the dragon is only a Christianized version of a Greek myth - that of a great hero named Perseus (the son of Zeus) who saved Andromeda, a beautiful maiden, from a fierce serpentine dragon named Cetus, who lived in the sea.

Time to switch back to reality mode - Ham can't even ask the right questions or separate sense from nonsense. Absurdities abound when erroneous presuppositions based on the bipolar conceits of biblical literalism and inerrancy are used to look for "scientific" or "historical" answers in Genesis. Mythical symbolism and allegory encode a different worldview. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof and Ham utterly fails to persuade.

Unsurprisingly books like "Did Eve Really Have an Extra Rib? And Other Tough Questions About the Bible" pop up whenever Ken Ham has access to crayons and paper. Also avoid the companion volume "Did Adam Have a Belly Button? And Other Tough Questions About the Bible" (reviewed separately). If you like the tough questions genre read Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris or American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America by Chris Hedges.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Book of question of the Bible, June 17, 2009

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This review is from: Did Eve Have an Extra Rib?: And Other Tough Questions about the Bible (Paperback)

This book allows one question to be answered per page. It is a charming book about facts in the Bible.

10 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "More" Fun fun fun!, February 25, 2006

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This review is from: Did Eve Have an Extra Rib?: And Other Tough Questions about the Bible (Paperback)

Great book! We had hours of fun going through this book. So many great answers. The author is a wealth of trust worthy information and is fastly becoming one of my favorites! If like this book you need to get the Prequel - Did Adam have a belly button? Both books are a Good sourse of information for that home bible study for the person who always seems to ask those hard questions.