The Ark Before Noah
- Author Irving Finkel
- Narrator Gareth Armstrong, Irving Finkel
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date 10 April 2014
- Run Time 9 hours and 1 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, History of religion.
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'One of the most important human documents ever discovered . . . his conclusions will send ripples into the world of creationism and among ark hunters.' - Guardian
'The charged thrill of Finkel's chase permeates the book - the pages don't just join dots, they supply new pieces for a beautiful, Bronze-Age jigsaw-puzzle . . . Scholarly and droll, Finkel's writing is also eccentrically vivid . . . it is a joy.' - Bettany Hughes, The Times
In The Ark Before Noah, British Museum expert Dr Irving Finkel reveals how decoding the symbols on a 4,000 year old piece of clay enable a radical new interpretation of the Noah's Ark myth. A world authority on the period, Dr Finkel's enthralling real-life detective story began with a most remarkable event at the British Museum: the arrival one day in 2008 of a single, modest-sized Babylonian cuneiform tablet - the palm-sized clay rectangles on which our ancestors created the first documents.
It had been brought in by a member of the public and this particular tablet proved to be of quite extraordinary importance. Not only does it date from about 1850 BC, but it is a copy of the Babylonian Story of the Flood, a myth from ancient Mesopotamia revealing among other things, instructions for building a large boat to survive a flood.
But Dr Finkel's pioneering work didn't stop there. Through another series of enthralling discoveries he has been able to decode the story of the Flood in ways which offer unanticipated revelations to readers of The Ark Before Noah.
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Acclaim for The Ark Before Noah:
'A serious book, but rarely a heavy one: in a sprightly, good-humoured way, Finkel communicates the thrill of true scholarship . . . it feels fresh and exciting here.' - The Sunday Times
'A painstaking and lively investigation . . . there are remarkable scholarly insights to admire . . . brilliant.' - Literary Review
'Finkel's account is wryly and entertainingly told.' - Tom Holland, Guardian
'A gem of a book.' - The New Yorker
'Finkel is a master at deciphering these ancient cuneiform clay tablets, but this book is far more than a fine piece of detective work: it is a humane work of scholarship that enlarges the soul.' - Observer
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| Author | Irving Finkel |
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| Narrator | Gareth Armstrong, Irving Finkel |
| Duration | 9 hours and 1 minutes |
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| ISBN | 9781444770223 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Genre | Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, History of religion |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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