Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study [Paperback]

John Woodmorappe (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0932766412 | ISBN-13: 978-0932766410 | Publication Date: July 1996

This book on Noah's Ark is a one-of-a-kind compendiuum of information about animal-care methods, food-preservation techniques, animal-handling techniques, etc. It discusses in great detail how 8 people could have cared for 16,000 animals using pre-scientific technology. Whether or not the reader believes in the Bible or not, he or she can be fully confident that my book conveys substantive information about the workability of Noah's Ark and its inhabitants.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A scholarly but fascinating treatment that is thoroughly documented. -- Bible-Science News, November 1996

It has just the sort of facts and details that kids find fascinating...be advised to read NOAH'S ARK. -- Reason and Revelation, May 1996

The book...seeks to answer the more mundane questions of Noah's voyage... -- Natural History, October 1997

These critics often resort to ridicule...Woodmorappe, however, invariably finds credible evidence which rather causes the critics to appear foolish. -- Creation Research Society Quarterly, March 1998

Using a database and a Bible, the book posits a mechanical answer to any question one could imagine regarding Noah's logistics... -- Harper's Magazine, November 1996

From the Author

Correcting the Critics

The critics' remarks (such as the Bible writers being "goatherders", and the Flood account being "a campfire story") not only display their prejudices, but also speak volumes about their abysmal ignorance about this whole subject.

The rapid origin of new species (in thousands of years or less) is not speculation but demonstrated fact, and is not at all a concession to evolution. The notion about me having Noah standing behind buckets while horses urinate, or post-Flood animals needing to dig out corpses, are nothing more than ridiculous misrepresentations of what I actually wrote. These are also nothing more than false rumors about my book that have been going around for some time, and their appearance in the negative reviews also makes it doubtful if the critics have even bothered to read my book. It is not I, but the critics, who are indulging in fantasy.

Statements about the Ark account violating Occam's razor sound very intellectual, but are widely off the mark. In fact, throughout my work, I have scrupulously avoided speculative scenarios, ad hoc processes, and weakly-supported conjectures. All of the solutions to the putative problems with the Ark account in this book are based on a solid study of low-tech animal-keeping techniques, low-tech husbandry, etc. Moreover, far from being fantastic, speculative, or even theoretical, the techniques and solutions that I cite in this book have been APPLIED by various uneducated, pre-industrial peoples throughout history. Much of the contents of my book discusses and documents this central fact. Finally, I demonstrate in my book that there are often SEVERAL low-tech solutions to putative problems with the Ark, and only one of these solutions will do.

It is obvious that the critics have not even remotely come to grips with the data presented in this book.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 298 pages
• Publisher: Inst for Creation Research (July 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932766412
• ISBN-13: 978-0932766410
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #315,526 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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66 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute powerhouse., November 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study (Paperback)

It is on rare occasion that one encounters a book such as "Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study." In this seminal monograph, author and researcher John Woodmorappe levies a virtual maelstrom of cogent argumentation at any and all detractors of the Ark of Noah. Woodmorappe, through careful study and painstaking documentation, answers critics past and present, and probably will effectively silence those in the near future.

If there is any questions a reader may have concerning the Ark, Woodmorappe is sure to address them in his book. From Ark carrying capacity (given Biblical dimensions) to waste management to potentially finicky eaters (like the koala and vampire bats), the facts and evidence are brought to bear, the results speak volumes: the Ark was more than capable of sustaining the (overly) generous estimates of life to be housed on the Ark for the year-long duration of the Great Flood.

I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the potential for the Ark of Noah. The book will reinforce proponents, and will silence the skeptics. Woodmorappe has done the Creationist movement a profound service in writing "Noah's Ark", and it will no doubt be a reference of the utmost importance in the years to come.

60 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A solid and interesting presentation packed with information, October 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study (Paperback)

This book is loaded with down-to-earth information on ways that Noah's Ark could have been implemented. Based on actual studies and practices of animal husbandry, food storage, waste management, and other practical considerations, each chapter demonstrates how a realistic assemblage of animals could be gathered and maintained on the Ark. I found this information especially compelling when later reading cases of animals surviving abusive conditions for long periods of time. Whereas so much data could easily become simply a dry compilation, its presentation here holds the reader's attention as one seemingly insurmountable problem after another is shown to be not only solvable, but already solved in historical or current examples. Quite apart from its great value as an explanation of the natural and practical solutions to the difficulties of preserving all the major kinds of land vertebrates during a global cataclysm, I found it enjoyable to learn about the imaginative low-tech solutions for raising large numbers of animals and about remarkable engineering and other accomplishments of the past.

53 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Woodmorappe presents clear answers for many question., October 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study (Paperback)

Woodmorappes book answers a lot of questions on how Noah could have cared for the animals on the ark for just over a year. I was amazed with the common sense logic presented by John Woodmorappe. This out of the box style of thinking puts a rest to all of the evolutionary minded "cannots" . The bottom line....Noah and the ark were feasable. This book clearly belongs on everyones book shelf.