I'm fairly new to this list. So this may already have been discussed here a
few months ago.
Arch Bishop James Ussher's dates for various events in Bible history have
been printed in the margins of King James Bibles for hundreds of years.
Following the chronological information contained in scripture he long ago
arrived at a date of 2350 BC for Noah's flood.
I find this quite interesting because a recent article published at
space.com, a highly credible web site, discusses in some detail the theory
that a meteor, which apparently created a very large crater recently
discovered in southern Iraq, caused a catastrophic flood in that part of the
world only a few thousand years ago. It also mentions the fact that recent
studies of tree rings strongly suggest that a major, short term, climate
altering event, such as a large meteor impact, appears to have occurred in
.... guess what year. Yup. "2350 BC"
By the way, the article dates the account of the deluge found in "The Epic of
Gilgamesh," which many Bible critics say was the basis of the Bible's flood
account, to "circa 2200 BC." That's one hundred and fifty years AFTER Bible
chronology, and the new tree ring studies, indicate Noah's flood occurred.
The article, entitled "Comets, Meteors & Myth: New Evidence for Toppled
Civilizations and Biblical Tales" may be read at this Web address:
http://space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/comet_bronzeage_011113-1.html
A London Telegraph article, complete with a picture of the alleged meteor
crater may be found here:
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2001%2F11%2F04%2Fwme
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Mike
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