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Noah's Flood: The Genesis Story in Western Thought [Paperback]

Professor Norman Cohn (Author)

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Publication Date: November 10, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0300076487 | ISBN-13: 978-0300076486

An exploration of the origins, development, and varying interpretations of the ancient story of Noah's flood, and an assessment of its impact on the history of ideas. It includes accounts of the scholars and theologians who have endorsed or rejected the flood story.

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Paperback: 168 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press (November 10, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300076487
ISBN-13: 978-0300076486
Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bridges gap between physical and social/human sciences, March 9, 1997

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As a Geographer and an Anthropologist I am thrilled by that book. Norman Cohn's historical analysis of the Deluge interpretations leads to a better understanding of Science, and how the conditions (i.e. contextualization) of its production shapes knowledge. I will put it in my graduate students'reading list, and in my "best books"bookshelf

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Norman Cohn never fails to dazzle and his history of the reaction to story of Noah is an interesting and compact dissection of a pivotal myth in Western culture. He traces the myth from before the bible and sets its place in Western Imagination.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another brilliant piece of historical analysis from Cohn, July 22, 1999

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Norman Cohn has the superb ability to bring together obscure pieces of history and thought in a readable way. This book follows well on from his other books in showing how a particular episode in literature can be viewed differently over time. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in where their current thinking might be coming from.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The intellectual history of one of the most influential myths ever recorded.
I can remember being told by a close family member in my childhood that the folded, rounded mountains around my home in Appalachia had been eroded that way during "The Flood. Read more

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The story of the Flood, which we know from Genesis and associate with Noah, originated in Mesopotamia. Read the first page

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Royal Society, Old Testament, Mount Ararat, Noah's Flood, Thomas Burnet, Second Letter of Peter, British Museum, Hidden Meanings, Isaac Newton, Providential Comets, United States, City of God, Hebrew Bible, Mount Nisir, Shifting Time-Scales, The Theory of the Earth

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The Museum: Behind the Scenes at the British Museum by Rupert Smith on page 20, and page 21
Geology and Mineralogy Considered With Reference to Natural Theology (History of Paleontology) by William Buckland on page 119
Principles of Geology (Penguin Classics) by Charles Lyell on page 118
Theory of the Earth, V1 by James Hutton on page 105
William Whiston (The Development of science) by Maureen Farrell in Back Matter

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