Review by alyssajanel13 -- The Biblical Clock
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Review by alyssajanel13 -- The Biblical Clock
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Biblical Clock" by Daniel Friedmann and Dania Sheldon.]
The contributing writers of The Biblical Clock: The Untold Secrets Linking the Universe and Humanity with God’s Plan have compiled a fascinating read. This book skillfully merges science fact and research with Biblical scholarship, searching for answers to an ancient question. Just how old is our Earth?
Daniel Friedman and Dania Sheldon begin in Spain 1291, veer back to France 1060, and then span the centuries and the continents following discovered religious manuscripts. The story begins as historical unearthing. Rabbi Samuel begins the scribing with his study of the Jewish mystical that will become Kabbalah. A man of faith, looking for answers in the Torah to our beginnings. The narrative then glides to first person narration and current day, where a young Daniel Friedman reads from Genesis at his bar mitzvah and a spark ignites. Years later, steering the work on the Hubble space telescope, he is still fascinated with the idea of harmonizing his knowledge as a physicist with his Jewish faith. How can biblical texts be used to verify science and vice versa?
And that is the case Mr. Friedman makes, blending Old Earth and New Earth, God days and Human days, sacred numbers of 7 to estimates of 13 billion years as the age of everything around us on this planet. It’s a compelling read for both believers and skeptics. The cases for the science and the sacred are well-considered and thoughtful presented. The inclusion of the author’s own voice and perspective is particularly engrossing. He strikes tru to the very heart of our giant questions about faith, God, and humanity.
The writing and editing of this work was consistently crisp and highly attentive to details. Definitely not an easy task, when a writer darts across centuries and across the globe, and then into the heavens. The stories and histories are engaging and the only dry spots are the sands brushed off the buried scrolls.
This is a book to be approached with an open mind. The reader needs to be agreeable to be delve into a world of angelic visions, vessels with light and uncomfortable aspects of faith. Can one really decipher from buried texts whether God labored during the day or night? When did the first sin occur and did the cosmic time clock start running faster after that moment? But, this is coming from a man who knows how to fix NASA technical glitches, so he’s a much smarter man than I. Maybe this is not a book for those of delicate faith.
An enjoyable, thought provoking and thoroughly-researched book, I gave this book a strong 3 out of 4 stars. Definitely a book I would recommend for fans of religious self-study, as well as fans of more academic non-fiction titles. This the first book I have read that convincingly melds these two seemingly incompatible worlds.
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The Biblical Clock
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The contributing writers of The Biblical Clock: The Untold Secrets Linking the Universe and Humanity with God’s Plan have compiled a fascinating read. This book skillfully merges science fact and research with Biblical scholarship, searching for answers to an ancient question. Just how old is our Earth?
Daniel Friedman and Dania Sheldon begin in Spain 1291, veer back to France 1060, and then span the centuries and the continents following discovered religious manuscripts. The story begins as historical unearthing. Rabbi Samuel begins the scribing with his study of the Jewish mystical that will become Kabbalah. A man of faith, looking for answers in the Torah to our beginnings. The narrative then glides to first person narration and current day, where a young Daniel Friedman reads from Genesis at his bar mitzvah and a spark ignites. Years later, steering the work on the Hubble space telescope, he is still fascinated with the idea of harmonizing his knowledge as a physicist with his Jewish faith. How can biblical texts be used to verify science and vice versa?
And that is the case Mr. Friedman makes, blending Old Earth and New Earth, God days and Human days, sacred numbers of 7 to estimates of 13 billion years as the age of everything around us on this planet. It’s a compelling read for both believers and skeptics. The cases for the science and the sacred are well-considered and thoughtful presented. The inclusion of the author’s own voice and perspective is particularly engrossing. He strikes tru to the very heart of our giant questions about faith, God, and humanity.
The writing and editing of this work was consistently crisp and highly attentive to details. Definitely not an easy task, when a writer darts across centuries and across the globe, and then into the heavens. The stories and histories are engaging and the only dry spots are the sands brushed off the buried scrolls.
This is a book to be approached with an open mind. The reader needs to be agreeable to be delve into a world of angelic visions, vessels with light and uncomfortable aspects of faith. Can one really decipher from buried texts whether God labored during the day or night? When did the first sin occur and did the cosmic time clock start running faster after that moment? But, this is coming from a man who knows how to fix NASA technical glitches, so he’s a much smarter man than I. Maybe this is not a book for those of delicate faith.
An enjoyable, thought provoking and thoroughly-researched book, I gave this book a strong 3 out of 4 stars. Definitely a book I would recommend for fans of religious self-study, as well as fans of more academic non-fiction titles. This the first book I have read that convincingly melds these two seemingly incompatible worlds.
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The Biblical Clock
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