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.]
The Biblical Clock the Untold Secrets Linking the Universe and Humanity With God’s Plan by Daniel Friedmann carefully lays out the historical scientific facts and biblical facts to find cohesion between two drastically different intellectual disciplines. It spans from the big bang to a possible future for humanity that is theorized based on the historical trends of humanity. The scholarly and scientific arguments are interspersed with human interactions of historical figures as well as the author, Danie Friedmann, and his contemporaries.
The Biblical Clock the Untold Secrets Linking the Universe and Humanity With God’s Plan pays equal attention and respect to religious knowledge and scientific knowledge. It was wonderful reading this book where the author, Daniel Friedmann, was not arguing to convert people to his religion but instead attempting to find common ground between two disciplines that historically have been at odds. Daniel Friedmann opened his book by openly stating that this book was not meant to be a conversion tactic but instead a way of sharing knowledge and what he had dedicated so much of his life learning about. Another winning point to the book is that the images and graphs that were included were spectacular for expanding understanding and allowing a reader to see the research that had been conducted in an approachable format. This was especially wonderful in relation to the conversion of biblical time passing to scientific time so that it was not an abstract concept, but a concrete formula presented to readers.
The only negative point about this book is that the definitions are sometimes unnecessary given the context the word is in. There were definitions that were literally rephrasing the sentence the word had originally appeared in.
I rate this book 4 out of four stars because it is well written and carefully laid out so that even highly specialized scientific or religious concepts are approachable to readers. Concepts from repairs of the Hubble Space Telescope to the difference between creating something from nothing and something from something are able to be understood by a layman who has never had any interaction with these concepts.
Daniel Friedmann’s The Biblical Clock the Untold Secrets Linking the Universe and Humanity With God’s Plan is steeped in religion that is focused on the Jewish faith, it is not presented as a conversion tactic and Daniel Friedmann opens by stating that he cannot be unbiased while writing this, but invites questioning of the formidable scholars as well as illustrating the conflicting ideas through history. This book would not be the best fit for someone who cannot embrace the history of other religions or who does not want to read a book involving religion in any way whatsoever.
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The Biblical Clock
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The Biblical Clock the Untold Secrets Linking the Universe and Humanity With God’s Plan by Daniel Friedmann carefully lays out the historical scientific facts and biblical facts to find cohesion between two drastically different intellectual disciplines. It spans from the big bang to a possible future for humanity that is theorized based on the historical trends of humanity. The scholarly and scientific arguments are interspersed with human interactions of historical figures as well as the author, Danie Friedmann, and his contemporaries.
The Biblical Clock the Untold Secrets Linking the Universe and Humanity With God’s Plan pays equal attention and respect to religious knowledge and scientific knowledge. It was wonderful reading this book where the author, Daniel Friedmann, was not arguing to convert people to his religion but instead attempting to find common ground between two disciplines that historically have been at odds. Daniel Friedmann opened his book by openly stating that this book was not meant to be a conversion tactic but instead a way of sharing knowledge and what he had dedicated so much of his life learning about. Another winning point to the book is that the images and graphs that were included were spectacular for expanding understanding and allowing a reader to see the research that had been conducted in an approachable format. This was especially wonderful in relation to the conversion of biblical time passing to scientific time so that it was not an abstract concept, but a concrete formula presented to readers.
The only negative point about this book is that the definitions are sometimes unnecessary given the context the word is in. There were definitions that were literally rephrasing the sentence the word had originally appeared in.
I rate this book 4 out of four stars because it is well written and carefully laid out so that even highly specialized scientific or religious concepts are approachable to readers. Concepts from repairs of the Hubble Space Telescope to the difference between creating something from nothing and something from something are able to be understood by a layman who has never had any interaction with these concepts.
Daniel Friedmann’s The Biblical Clock the Untold Secrets Linking the Universe and Humanity With God’s Plan is steeped in religion that is focused on the Jewish faith, it is not presented as a conversion tactic and Daniel Friedmann opens by stating that he cannot be unbiased while writing this, but invites questioning of the formidable scholars as well as illustrating the conflicting ideas through history. This book would not be the best fit for someone who cannot embrace the history of other religions or who does not want to read a book involving religion in any way whatsoever.
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The Biblical Clock
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