Hi Dave, you wrote:
Two questions: how were the reed boats made of gopher wood? How were
reed baskets arranged in three stories 30 cubits high with a window in
the top part of the structure? Seems to me you're rewriting scripture to
fit a fictional tale.
The largest wooden vessel ever constructed was over 100 feet shorter
than the ark's 450 feet in length. A small, central wooden boat with a
tall mast (sailing vessels were common 5,000 years ago) and with reed
baskets stuffed with animals fore and aft might make the actual
dimensions fit the biblical description. Don't like my idea, come up
with your own ark design.
Dick Fischer
Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
<http://www.genesisproclaimed.org> www.genesisproclaimed.org
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