Genesis Flood Revisited
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Modeled after the 1961 ground-breaking book The Genesis Flood by Drs. Whitcomb and Morris, this detailed work builds on that classic volume with new insights from decades of work by the author, Dr. Andrew Snelling, and numerous colleagues. This recent revolution in geology and the explosion in geological research have established an even firmer basis for understanding the biblical Flood with a God-honoring foundation - the absolute authority and inerrancy of God's Word. Examine details of the Creation Week as it builds a solid scriptural case for the Flood's catastrophic nature and global extent. Find decisive answers to many questions about the Flood and Noah's Ark, its construction, and the animals taken onboard. Delve deeply into astonishing geological details that unfold from the early chapters of Genesis, including the Creation Week and the pre-Flood world. Explore detailed evidence and a concise, informative 30-page color section with diagrams, maps, and more!
ISBN-13: 9781683443230
Media Type: Hardcover
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
Publication Date: 10-25-2022
Pages: 670
Product Dimensions: 6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)
Dr. Snelling jettisons the faulty evolutionary-uniformitarian assumptions used by most geologists and instead, interprets compelling new geological and observed field data within the biblical framework for the earth's history. He also demonstrates that fossils were catastrophically buried in sedimentary layers being deposited rapidly on a global scale on the continental plates derived from the violent rifting apart of the original supercontinent. His work demolishes radiometric dating, the icon of the millions of years dogma, and builds a thoroughly powerful case for a young earth that explains many geological features such as varves, evaporates, coal, oil, chalk, granites, and more that biblical skeptics sadly have used to scoff at God's Word. Discover the powerful truth behind the earth's most enduring mysteries!
Foreword 11 Preface 13 Introduction Why Take Genesis Seriously? 15 Genesis as Reliable History 16 Jesus Regarded Genesis as Real History 18 The Apostle Peter's Prophecy 18 The Reliability of the Whole Bible Depends on Genesis as History 19 The Pivotal Importance of the Flood 20 Section I The Biblical Record of the Global Genesis Flood Chapter 1 Moses Compiled Genesis 25 Chapter 2 The Duration of the Flood 27 Forty Days of Rain 27 150 Days of "Prevailing" 28 221 Days of "Assuaging" and "Abating" 28 Chapter 3 The Depth of the Flood 31 Chapter 4 Geological Details of the Flood 34 Chapter 5 The Size of the Ark 36 Chapter 6 The Need for the Ark 39 Chapter 7 The Testimony of the Apostle Peter 43 Chapter 8 The Testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ 46 Chapter 9 The Total Destruction of a Widely Distributed Human Race 48 All Mankind Perished 48 Chapter 10 The Total Destruction of a Widely Distributed Human Race - The Human Race Had Spread Around the Earth 52 Longevity and Population Growth 52 The Prevalence of Violence 55 Human Fossil Evidence 57 Chapter 11 Summary and Conclusion 59 Section II Non-Geological Arguments Used Against the Global Genesis Flood Chapter 12 Introduction 63 Chapter 13 The Genesis Flood Story Derived from the Babylonian Flood Myth 65 Chapter 14 No Global Flood in Recent Geological and Human History 70 Chapter 15 All Mankind Not Descended from Noah's Family 72 The Sons of Noah 72 The Table of Nations 73 The Bible and Racial Distribution 74 Chapter 16 Anthropology and Racial Dispersion 76 Recent Migration from Asia 76 Universal Flood Traditions 77 Chapter 17 Universal Terms: Used in a Limited Sense? 82 Most Universal Terms Are to Be Interpreted Literally 82 The Context Determines the Meaning 82 Chapter 18 Universal Terms Are Literal in Genesis 6-9 Because of the Physical Phenomena 87 Chapter 19 Summary and Conclusions 91 Section III Noah, the Ark, and the Animals Chapter 20 Gathering the Animals to the Ark 95 Chapter 21 The Capacity of the Ark 98 Chapter 22 Caring for the Animals in the Ark 106 Chapter 23 The "Natural-Supernatural" Philosophy of Miracles 111 Chapter 24 Post-Flood Animal Distribution - The Australian Marsupials 116 Three Major Views 116 Australian Marsupials 117 Chapter 25 Post-Flood Animal Distribution - Rapid Animal Dispersion 121 Rapid Breeding and Diversification 123 Chapter 26 Summary and Conclusions 126 Section IV The Framework for a Biblical Geology Chapter 27 Introduction 131 Chapter 28 The Scriptural Divisions of Geologic History 135 The First Creative Act 135 The Work of the Six Days of Creation 135 The Pre-Flood Period 136 The Flood 136 The Post-Flood Period 136 General Comments 136 Chapter 29 The Beginning of Creation 138 Chapter 30 The First Day 142 Chapter 31 The Second Day 145 Chapter 32 The Third Day 147 Chapter 33 The Fourth Day 150 Chapter 34 The Fifth Day 154 Chapter 35 The Sixth Day - Land Animals and Man 156 Chapter 36 The Sixth Day - Adam and Eve 160 Chapter 37 The Seventh Day 164 Chapter 38 The Fall 166 Chapter 39 The Curse 171 Chapter 40 The Pre-Flood World 175 Chapter 41 The Flood 181 Chapter 42 The Post-Flood World 187 Chapter 43 Concluding Comments 193 Section V The Modern Geological Synthesis Chapter 44 Introduction 197 Chapter 45 The Geologic Column 199 Historical Development 199 Terminology Used 202 Chapter 46 A Classic Example of a Local Geologic Column 205 Chapter 47 Correlation of Strata Between Local Geologic Columns 208 Chapter 48 The Precambrian of the Geologic Column 213 Chapter 49 Implications of the Geologic Column 217 Chapter 50 Patterns and Trends in the Geologic Column - Involving Different Rock Types 220 Patterns Involving Sedimentary Rocks 220 Patterns Involving Igneous Rocks 221 A Pattern Involving Metamorphic Rocks 224 Chapter 51 Patterns and Trends in the Geologic Column - Involving Relative Sea-Level Changes 225 Chapter 52 Patterns and Trends in the Geologic Column - Involving the Fossil Record 227 Chapter 53 Patterns and Trends in the Geologic Column - Involving Metal Ore Deposits 234 Chapter 54 A Brief History of Plate Tectonics 237 Chapter 55 The Development of the Plate Tectonics Theory 242 Chapter 56 Global Plate Tectonics: The Unifying Model 245 Chapter 57 Plate Tectonics: Controlling the Formation of the Rock Record - Divergent Plate Margins and the Ocean Floor 251 Chapter 58 Plate Tectonics: Controlling the Formation of the Rock Record - Plates That Collide: Convergent Margins 256 Chapter 59 Plate Tectonics: Controlling the Formation of the Rock Record - Transform Plate Margins and Plate Interiors 263 Transform Plate Margins 263 Plate Interiors 264 Chapter 60 Concluding Comments 268 Section VI Geological Implications of the Biblical Geologic Model for Earth History Chapter 61 Geological Implications of the Biblical Record 271 The Uniqueness of the Creation Week 272 Enormous Geological Work Accomplished During the Creation Week 272 A Stable Pre-Flood World 273 Tremendous Erosion from the Rainfall During the Early Stage of the Flood 273 Clouds Not the Major Source of the Flood Rainfall and Waters 273 Enlarged Ocean Basins as a Result of the Flood? 274 Volcanic and Seismic Upheavals During the Flood 275 Unprecedented Sedimentary Activity Again During the Flood 275 Ideal Conditions for the Formation of Fossils During the Flood 276 Uniformitarianism Also Undermined by the Flood 276 Chapter 62 The Renewed Recognition of Catastrophism 278 Chapter 63 Evidences of Catastrophism in the Geologic Column - Rate of Sediment Accumulation and Widespread Rapidly-Deposited Strata 284 Rate of Sediment Accumulation 284 Widespread, Rapidly Water-Deposited Strata 286 Chapter 64 The Widespread, Rapidly Water-Deposited Paleozoic Strata of the Grand Canyon, Arizona - Limestones 288 Chapter 65 The Widespread, Rapidly Water-Deposited, Paleozoic Strata of the Grand Canyon, Arizona - Sandstones 292 Chapter 66 The Widespread, Rapidly Water-Deposited, Paleozoic Strata of the Grand Canyon, Arizona - Shales 298 Chapter 67 Other Examples of Widespread, Rapidly Water-Deposited Strata 303 The Shinarump Conglomerate, Utah 303 The Uluru Arkose and Mt. Currie Conglomerate, Central Australia 303 Kingston Peak Formation, Southeastern California 305 Hawkesbury Sandstone, Sydney Basin, Australia 306 Megasequences of North America 308 Chapter 68 Fossilization 310 Preservation of Unaltered Remains 310 Preservation by Permineralization 311 Preservation by Recrystallization 312 Preservation by Replacement 312 Preservation of Only the Original Forms in Casts and Molds 312 Preservation of Carbon Only (Carbonization) 312 Preservation of the Tracks and Trails 312 Chapter 69 Fossil Graveyards 314 The Cambrian Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada 314 The Ordovician Soom Shale, South Africa 314 The Devonian Thunder Bay Limestone, Michigan 315 The Carboniferous Montceau Shale, Central France 315 The Carboniferous Francis Creek Shale, Mazon Creek Area, Illinois 316 The Triassic Mont San Giorgio Basin, Italy-Switzerland 317 The Triassic Cow Branch Formation, Cascade, Virginia 318 The Cretaceous Santana Formation, Brazil 318 The Cretaceous Tepexi Limestone, Mexico 319 The Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Nemget Basin, Ukhaa Tolgod Area, Mongolia 320 Chapter 70 Coal Beds - Fossil Graveyards of Plants Transported and Deposited by Water 322 Theories of Origin 322 Chapter 71 Coal Beds - Fossil Graveyards of Plants That Grew Floating on Water 326 Underclays - Fossil Soils? 329 Upright Fossilized Trees 331 Chapter 72 Further Examples of Fossil Graveyards 333 Mass Extinctions 336 Chapter 73 The Rate of Fossilization 337 Petrification by Silicification 337 Fossilization by Phosphatization 338 Fossilization by Biofilms 340 Fossilization by Pyritization 340 Coalification 341 Chapter 74 Are There Long Ages Between the Strata? 343 Chapter 75 Soft-Sediment Deformation Features 349 Chapter 76 Summary 355 Section VII A Biblical Geologic Model of Earth History Chapter 77 The Creation Week 359 The Creation Week Processes Unique 359 The Laws of Thermodynamics 360 Chapter 78 The First Two Days 365 The First Day 365 The Second Day 367 Chapter 79 The Third Day 370 Chapter 80 The Fourth Day to the End of the Creation Week 375 Chapter 81 Creation of "Appearance of Age" 380 Chapter 82 Cosmological Evolution and the "Big Bang" 384 Chapter 83 The Pre-Flood Era - The "Waters Above the Firmament" 389 The Fall and the Beginning of the Pre-Flood Era 389 The "Waters Above the Firmament" 390 Chapter 84 The Pre-Flood Era - Climate Conditions Before the Flood 394 Chapter 85 The Pre-Flood Era - The Biology and Geology 397 Some Unique Pre-Flood Biological Communities 397 Geologic Activity in the Pre-Flood World 399 Chapter 86 The Flood - A Global Tectonic Catastrophe 402 A Global Tectonic Catastrophe 402 Chapter 87 Catastrophic Plate Tectonics - The Driving Force of the Flood 406 Chapter 88 Where is the Pre-Flood/Flood Boundary in the Geologic Record? 416 A Mechanical-Erosional Discontinuity 416 A Time or Age Discontinuity 416 A Tectonic Discontinuity 416 A Sedimentary Discontinuity 417 A Paleontological Discontinuity 417 Chapter 89 The Destructive Power of Floods and Ocean Waves 419 Chapter 90 Sedimentation and Fossilization During the Flood 425 Chapter 91 The Order of the Strata Deposited by the Flood 427 Pre-Flood Biogeography 428 Early Burial of Marine Creatures 429 Hydrodynamic Selectivity of Moving Water 430 Behavior and Higher Mobility of the Vertebrates 431 Chapter 92 The Order of the Flood Strata - Other Considerations in the Strata Sequence 434 Bioturbation and Mass Extinctions 434 Formation of Coal Beds 435 Chapter 93 Animal Tracks and Fossils in Mesozoic Strata 438 Chapter 94 The Flood/Post-Flood Boundary in the Geologic Record 441 Biblical Considerations 441 Geological Considerations 442 Chapter 95 The Post-Flood World 448 Post-Flood Geology 448 Post-Flood Climate 449 Chapter 96 The Post-Flood Ice Age - A Consequence of the Flood 452 The Ice Age as a Consequence of the Flood 454 Chapter 97 The Post-Flood Ice Age - Geomorphic Features and Ice-Age Animals 459 Chapter 98 From the Ice Age to the Present World 464 Section VIII Problems in Biblical Geology Solved - Radioactive Dating and Geochronology Chapter 99 The Radioactive Methods for Dating Rocks 471 The Radioactive Methods for Dating Rocks 471 The Assumptions of Radioactive Dating 472 Chapter 100 The Pitfalls in the Radioactive Dating Methods - The Potassium-Argon and Argon-Argon Methods 475 "Excess" or Inherited Argon 475 Argon Loss 478 Chapter 101 The Pitfalls in the Radioactive Dating Methods - The Rubidium-Strontium Dating Method 480 Anomalous Rb-Sr Isochrons 480 Open-System Behavior, Mixing and Resetting 482 Chapter 102 The Pitfalls in the Radioactive Dating Methods - The Samarium-Neodymium Dating Method 485 Sm-Nd Model Ages 487 Chapter 103 The Pitfalls in the Radioactive Dating Methods - The Uranium-Thorium-Lead Dating Method 488 Open-System Behavior 488 Inheritance 489 Pb-Pb Isotope "Dating," Inheritance and Mixing 491 Chapter 104 The Pitfalls in the Radioactive Dating Methods - Sundry Methods and Revealing Considerations 494 The Lutetium-Hafnium and Rhenium-Osmium Radioisotope Dating Methods 494 How Much Radioactive Decay Has Actually Occurred? 495 Do Radioisotope "Ages" Match the Claimed Stratigraphic "Ages"? 495 Do "Ages" Determined by the Different Radioisotope "Dating" Methods Agree? 496 Chapter 105 The Pitfalls in the Radioactive Dating Methods - Variations in Radioactive Decay Rates and "Apparent Age" 500 A "Grown" Creation with an "Apparent Age" 503 Chapter 106 The Pitfalls in the Radioactive Dating Methods - The Radiocarbon Dating Method 506 Section IX Contradictions in Geochronology - Support For Biblical Geology Chapter 107 Supernovas and Comets 515 Supernova Remnants 515 Disintegration of Comets 516 Chapter 108 The Earth's Magnetic Field 519 Chapter 109 Sea Salt, Erosion, and Sediments 522 Salt in the Sea 522 Erosion of Continents 523 Sea Floor Sediments 524 Chapter 110 Volcanic Activity and Helium 526 Crustal Growth through Volcanic Activity 526 Helium in Rocks and in the Atmosphere 527 Chapter 111 Radiohalos, Radiocarbon and Tree Rings 530 Radiohalos 530 Radiocarbon and Tree Rings 531 Chapter 112 Human Population Statistics and Lifespans 535 Section X Problems for Biblical Geology Solved - Formations Implying Slow Deposition Chapter 113 Deposition and Lithification 543 Chapter 114 Bioturbation, Hardgrounds, and Trace Fossils 547 Chapter 115 Chalk and Diatomite Beds, and Deep-Sea Sediments 551 Chapter 116 Coral Reefs and Limestone 555 Chapter 117 Evaporites 559 Chapter 118 Varves and Rhythmites 564 Chapter 119 Buried Forests 569 Chapter 120 Coal Beds 573 Chapter 121 Oil Deposits 576 Chapter 122 Limestone Caves and Cave Deposits 583 Chapter 123 Granite Formation, Intrusion, and Cooling 587 Magma Generation by Partial Melting 588 Melt Segregation 588 Magma Ascent 589 Magma Emplacement 590 Emplacement Rates 591 Crystallization and Cooling Rates 592 Convective Cooling: The Role of Hydrothermal Fluids 593 Crystallization and Cooling Rates: The Evidence of Polonium Radiohalos 594 Chapter 124 Regional Metamorphism 596 Chapter 125 Ore and Mineral Deposits 604 Chapter 126 Earlier Ice Ages 610 Concluding Challenges The Adequacy of the Biblical Framework of Earth History 615 An Unfinished Task 616 Postscript 617 Selected Bibliography 621 Index 633 Color Figures 640Table of Contents