Gabeed
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Well, he does get a bit weird later on. I don't know what to think of his Nephilim stuff (never have really looked into Bible apocrypha that deeply), but I will say that, regarding the worldwide flood myths, this is an interesting feature to consider: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burckle_crater
And Stoo, you're completely right in pointing out the narrator's over-reliance on the literal Bible passages, when the Bible's reliability as a historical work itself is in question. There's a great TV program, I think done by Nova a couple years back, which discusses the problems of biblical archaeology, in particular with trying to discover the vaunted City of David, and seeing that the Bible just doesn't mesh well with the archaeological evidence. Some biblical events do fit with the historical narrative, and in fact I did some archaeological work for a brief time at a site where a biblical battle possibly took place (now sadly abandoned to the chaos of the civil war in Syria), but these are limited.
And Stoo, you're completely right in pointing out the narrator's over-reliance on the literal Bible passages, when the Bible's reliability as a historical work itself is in question. There's a great TV program, I think done by Nova a couple years back, which discusses the problems of biblical archaeology, in particular with trying to discover the vaunted City of David, and seeing that the Bible just doesn't mesh well with the archaeological evidence. Some biblical events do fit with the historical narrative, and in fact I did some archaeological work for a brief time at a site where a biblical battle possibly took place (now sadly abandoned to the chaos of the civil war in Syria), but these are limited.
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