Noah's flood in context. Legend or history?

Description

How much truth is there in the Old Testament account of Noah? Enhanced by satellite imagery, declassified intelligence photos, archival footage, and artwork, this program considers the scientific plausibility of the Noah story. Experts including Porcher Taylor III; archaeologist Fredrik Hiebert, of the University of Pennsylvania; linguist Peter Machinist, of Harvard Divinity School; geologist Farouk El-Baz, of Boston University; and others discuss the efforts of British Museum researcher George Smith, archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley, explorer Fernand Navarra, and former astronaut James Irwin to prove the Noah story while presenting counter-theories based on the latest scientific scholarship and research.

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51 min

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Date of Publication

[2006], c2002

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Films on Demand

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