Review of The Biblical Clock
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Review of The Biblical Clock
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Biblical Clock" by Daniel Friedmann and Dania Sheldon.]
[<i>The Biblical Clock<i>] by Daniel Friedmann and Dania Sheldon explores the untold stories linking the universe and humanity with God's plan. Daniel is Jewish, and he confesses that he sees the world from a Jewish perspective. The author sets out to prove that science and the Bible support each other and hold important clues about the future. The author has written three previous books, and he even provides a sample of one of them at the end of this book. Later in this book, you learn that Daniel is the CEO of Carbon Engineering. This company has developed equipment for the Hubble Telescope, the International Space Station, and space shuttles.
This book has three parts. The first part is called Beginnings and Timelines. The author takes the reader to Acre, Israel, in 1291, where they are introduced to Isaac ben Samuel before the reader goes to Russia in 1917, where they meet Mathilde, the widow of David Goratsiyevich Gunzbrg. Then, the author takes the reader to Moscow in 1989 to meet Western scholars before traveling back in time to 1976 and heading to New York, where they meet Rabbii Aryeh Kaplan. Throughout this process, the authors are laying the foundation for their theory that the Earth is 13.73 billion years old. They support their conclusion using information from the Torah, Talmud, and Chapters of Rabbi Eliezer. The authors also claim that they can support 17 other creation events that scientific peer-reviewed journal articles say are true.
I especially loved the ending of this part. The authors say that it does not matter if you believe the world was created in six 24-hour periods. Then, they use a ripped jeans analogy. They say that if a factory makes ripped jeans, they can make them look old, even though they are new. God could have done the same thing when he made the world. Then, when people inspect the world, it appears old, just like ripped jeans.
Part 2 is called Endings. This section opens with the reader being introduced to Rabbi Moses ben Nahman, who has been living in exile after his unsuccessful deposition before King James and the publishing of his papers. The authors use this man's works and their own ideas to find a correlation between the six days of creation and the six millennia of world history. The authors also provide a brief overview of the prophets Isiah and Ezekiel.
Part three is called Beyond the Timeline. This part goes into a deep dive of the events that occurred on the sixth day of creation and how they foreshadow events to come in the last days.
I liked the discussion of "bara" in this section. It made the Cambrian explosion make so much more sense.
I loved that the authors included a reading guide. It was very helpful in letting me know where I had been and where I was going. I also applaud the authors for the appendices, footnotes, maps, and glossary. I plan to check out some of the references in the footnotes section.
This book contains three references to sex. In two of them, the authors say marital relationships, while in the third, they say consummated the relationship. There is no profanity in this book. I did not find a single grammatical error. The writing style in this book was very easy to understand. I rate this book a 5 out of 5. I cannot think of anything that I would change. I think people of the Jewish faith will love this book.
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The Biblical Clock
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[<i>The Biblical Clock<i>] by Daniel Friedmann and Dania Sheldon explores the untold stories linking the universe and humanity with God's plan. Daniel is Jewish, and he confesses that he sees the world from a Jewish perspective. The author sets out to prove that science and the Bible support each other and hold important clues about the future. The author has written three previous books, and he even provides a sample of one of them at the end of this book. Later in this book, you learn that Daniel is the CEO of Carbon Engineering. This company has developed equipment for the Hubble Telescope, the International Space Station, and space shuttles.
This book has three parts. The first part is called Beginnings and Timelines. The author takes the reader to Acre, Israel, in 1291, where they are introduced to Isaac ben Samuel before the reader goes to Russia in 1917, where they meet Mathilde, the widow of David Goratsiyevich Gunzbrg. Then, the author takes the reader to Moscow in 1989 to meet Western scholars before traveling back in time to 1976 and heading to New York, where they meet Rabbii Aryeh Kaplan. Throughout this process, the authors are laying the foundation for their theory that the Earth is 13.73 billion years old. They support their conclusion using information from the Torah, Talmud, and Chapters of Rabbi Eliezer. The authors also claim that they can support 17 other creation events that scientific peer-reviewed journal articles say are true.
I especially loved the ending of this part. The authors say that it does not matter if you believe the world was created in six 24-hour periods. Then, they use a ripped jeans analogy. They say that if a factory makes ripped jeans, they can make them look old, even though they are new. God could have done the same thing when he made the world. Then, when people inspect the world, it appears old, just like ripped jeans.
Part 2 is called Endings. This section opens with the reader being introduced to Rabbi Moses ben Nahman, who has been living in exile after his unsuccessful deposition before King James and the publishing of his papers. The authors use this man's works and their own ideas to find a correlation between the six days of creation and the six millennia of world history. The authors also provide a brief overview of the prophets Isiah and Ezekiel.
Part three is called Beyond the Timeline. This part goes into a deep dive of the events that occurred on the sixth day of creation and how they foreshadow events to come in the last days.
I liked the discussion of "bara" in this section. It made the Cambrian explosion make so much more sense.
I loved that the authors included a reading guide. It was very helpful in letting me know where I had been and where I was going. I also applaud the authors for the appendices, footnotes, maps, and glossary. I plan to check out some of the references in the footnotes section.
This book contains three references to sex. In two of them, the authors say marital relationships, while in the third, they say consummated the relationship. There is no profanity in this book. I did not find a single grammatical error. The writing style in this book was very easy to understand. I rate this book a 5 out of 5. I cannot think of anything that I would change. I think people of the Jewish faith will love this book.
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The Biblical Clock
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