The real Noah’s Ark?

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The real Noah’s Ark?

by Dominic Statham

Dr Irving Finkel’s new book in which he claims to have found the original Flood story. Dr Irving Finkel is an Assyriologist at the British Museum in London and an expert in ancient cuneiform scripts. In recent months he has become something of a celebrity, following the publication of his book, The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood,1 and the Channel 4 documentary, The Real Noah’s Ark.2 The source of this media hype is his recent translation of a small Babylonian tablet, named the Ark Tablet. It is about the size of a mobile phone and has been dated to around 1750 BC.

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CMI article image and caption:"Fig. 2. Scaled down replica of the vessel Finkel believes is described in the Ark Tablet."

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So...

The “Genesis-designed ark” is sea-worthy...

Finkel’s design is not.

...Makes you wanna say hmmmmm...

[needmorePaine]

The real difference in Finkel’s design is that the laces are out.

[Snickering Hound]

[Red Badger]

Round, square, whatever, there was an Ark...........................

[Alex Murphy]

Dr Irving Finkel’s new book in which he claims to have found the original Flood story. Dr Irving Finkel is an Assyriologist at the British Museum in London and an expert in ancient cuneiform scripts. In recent months he has become something of a celebrity, following the publication of his book, The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood,1 and the Channel 4 documentary, The Real Noah’s Ark.2 The source of this media hype is his recent translation of a small Babylonian tablet, named the Ark Tablet. It is about the size of a mobile phone and has been dated to around 1750 BC.

Clearly a fake. Among the missing details are the holes in the roof for the giraffes!

[gdani]

Where did they fit the dinosaurs?

[Kartographer]

"Where did they fit the dinosaurs?"

Third-Class below the water line.

[C210N]

Didn't Noah originally build two arks?

[mountainlion]

The example does not look too well designed. It has a lot of extra wood in the floor which would make it heavier than regular construction.

The Bible says that there were Giants in the land and after. These giants would eat a lot and some other sources say that there were large ships to ship grain. It seems like there should ruins of many large ships.

[Poison Pill]

Finkel’s design...

It isn't his design. It's Babylonian. No reason to shoot the messenger.

[arthurus]

Eden in the East

at amazon

[bunkerhill7]

Drone of Ark

[StoneWall Brigade]

For later

[the_daug]

תּבה têbâh tay-baw' Perhaps of foreign derivation; a box: - ark. Same word used for saving Moses in an ark from the river.

[SunkenCiv]

2015:

• The real Noah's Ark?

2014:

• Does An Ancient Tablet Tell the Real Story of Noah's Ark?
• How the ark changed shape
• British Museum: Prototype for Noah's Ark was round
• Ancient tablet suggests Noah's Ark was round

2013:

• Noah's Ark 'Was a Massive Double-Decker Coracle'

2010:

• Relic reveals Noah's ark was circular

2004:

• BBC Report: Noah's Ark "...more credible version based on Babylonian sources."

sidebars:

• The Ark: Could Noah's Tale Be True?
• Noah's Ark would have floated ... even with 70,000 animals

[SunkenCiv]

2015:

• The real Noah's Ark?

2014:

• Does An Ancient Tablet Tell the Real Story of Noah's Ark?
• How the ark changed shape
• British Museum: Prototype for Noah's Ark was round
• Ancient tablet suggests Noah's Ark was round

2013:

• Noah's Ark 'Was a Massive Double-Decker Coracle'

2010:

• Relic reveals Noah's ark was circular

2004:

• BBC Report: Noah's Ark "...more credible version based on Babylonian sources."

sidebars:

• The Ark: Could Noah's Tale Be True?
• Noah's Ark would have floated ... even with 70,000 animals

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[Yollopoliuhqui]

>>The “Genesis-designed ark” is sea-worthy...

1. Yes, there was a flood. It is the most often told story in the mythologies and religious liturgies of all ancient peoples.

2. No, the ark was not sea worthy. Nor could it have housed and fed two of every species we see on Earth today for 40 days. I simply can’t use the same logic I use to balance the family budget and drive down the freeway safely and conclude otherwise. There is rigorous thought. There is fantasist thought.