The Lost World of the Flood, Tremper Longman III
The Lost World of the Flood, Tremper Longman III
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The Lost World of the Flood
Mythology, Theology, and the Deluge Debate

Author: Tremper Longman III, John H. Walton

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 5 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/19/2019

Synopsis

"The flood continued forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth . . . and the ark floated on the face of the waters" (Gen 6:17-18 NRSV).

In our modern age the Genesis flood account has been probed and analyzed for answers to scientific, apologetic, and historical questions. It is a text that has called forth flood geology, fueled searches for remnants of the ark on Mount Ararat, and inspired a full-size replica of Noah's ark in a biblical theme park. Some claim that the very veracity of Scripture hinges on a particular reading of the flood narrative. But do we understand what we are reading? Longman and Walton urge us to hit the pause button and ask, what might the biblical author have been saying to his ancient audience?

As with other books in the Lost World series, The Lost World of the Flood is an informative and enlightening journey toward a more responsible reading of a timeless biblical narrative.

About Tremper Longman III

Tremper Longman III is Distinguished Scholar of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is also visiting professor of Old Testament at Seattle School of Theology and Psychology and adjunct of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. He lectures regularly at Regent College in Vancouver and the Canadian Theological Seminary in Calgary.

Longman is the author or coauthor of over twenty books, including How to Read Genesis, How to Read the Psalms, How to Read Proverbs, Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation, Old Testament Essentials, and coeditor of A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. He and Dan Allender have coauthored Bold Love, Cry of the Soul, Intimate Allies, The Intimate Mystery, and the Intimate Marriage Bible studies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by MacWithBooksonMountains on March 14, 2024

Eloquently written, thoughtful and objective, this is an explanative account of the book of Genesis. The author uses a multi-angled approach that involves a variety of fields of study including mythology, metaphysics, empiricism, theology, history - all to great effect. I especially like his introdu......more

Goodreads review by Bob on June 01, 2018

Summary: An argument for why Genesis portrays what was a local cataclysmic flood as a global flood, considering both Ancient Near East backgrounds and the theological purpose of the narrative. John Walton, with co-authors in several instances, has published a series of "Lost World" books in recent ye......more

Goodreads review by Luke on September 18, 2022

In this book, John Walton and Tremper Longman III tackle the flood controversy. Both authors would describe themselves as evangelical Christians, who accept wholeheartedly the inspiration and inerrancy of the biblical text. Yet, they do not argue that there was a global flood, but rather, that in th......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay on September 17, 2023

Okay, I've had time to sit on this, pray on it, and although I respect some things this author talked about, his stance is too much rooted in the Ancient Near East text which is pagan and not the Word of God. We should compare to the Bible not compare the Bible to other things. He believes and tries......more

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