[Inspired Studies 02] • The Broken Gift by Friedmann, Daniel -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Copyright Other Books by Daniel Friedmann Title Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Chapter 1—Introduction

The Creation Evolution Controversy The Basis of Knowledge for Science and Religion Why Science and Religion Should Agree The Scientific Timeline for Human Origins The Religion View on Human Origins Time in the Bible and Science Organization of this Book

Chapter 2—Divergent Views: the Origins Debate

Scientific Inquiry Beginnings An Old Earth Evolution Genetics Human Evolution Creationism Scientific Creationism Theistic Evolution Intelligent Design Current Situation

Chapter 3—The Science Answer

The Fossil Record What is the Fossil Record? Evidence of Life Preserved in the Fossil Record Dating the Fossil Record Can We Trust the Results of Radiometric Dating? The Sequence of Life Revealed in the Fossil Record Information about Humans from Buried Remains Genetics The Genome Projects Human Timeline Overview Modern Behaviors Out of Africa Migration Summary of the Human Timeline Human Speech and Language

Chapter 4—Interpreting Scriptures

Genesis as a Valuable Information Source How Is Genesis Used to Derive Human Time for the Event That Scientists Have Measured? Interpretation: The Oral Tradition Midrash Rabbah Pirkê de Rabbi Eliezer Explanations—The Commentaries Rashi Ramban Mystical Tradition Rabbi Isaac Luria Time Conversion—Mystical Works Isaac ben Samuel of Acre

Chapter 5—Conversion of Times

Section 1—Creation Time Adam and Humankind The Creation Timeline Section 2—Divine Time Section 3—Human Time The Start Time The End Time The Human Timeline

Chapter 6—Adam

Adam in the Garden of Eden The Garden of Eden Adam The Sin The Physical Impact of the Sin on Adam and Eve The Spiritual Impact of the Sin on Adam and Eve

Chapter 7—The Need for Humanity

Homo Sapiens Adam’s Direct Descendants and Their Life Spans Homo Sapiens and Apes An Intermediary

Chapter 8—The Timeline for the Appearance of Homo Sapiens

In the Image of God God’s Creative Process God’s Names The Creative Steps A Moment The Timeline for the Sin

Chapter 9—Homo Sapiens: the Biblical vs. the Scientific Account Chapter 10—The Flood

The Flood—Natural or Miraculous? Description of the Flood The Flood—Local or Global? Midrash Derivation from the Description of the Flood The Biblical Text Does Scientific Evidence Exist for the Flood? Mechanisms to Produce the Flood Within Nature Impact of the Flood on Human History

Chapter 11—Babel

Noah’s Descendants Noah’s Three Sons The 70 Nations The Dispersion of Babel The Scientific Record on the History of Language Summary of the History of Language: Bible and Science

Chapter 12—Conclusions: Where to From Here?

Wave-Particle Duality Free Will and Divine Providence Adam, His Free Will, and the Mission of Homo Sapiens Human History How Many People Have Ever Lived and Will Live on Earth?

Annex A—Genesis (King James Version)

Genesis 1 Genesis 2 Genesis 3 Genesis 4 Genesis 5 Genesis 6 Genesis 7 Genesis 8 Genesis 9 Genesis 10 Genesis 11

Annex B—Divine Time

Cycles of 7 and 49 Spiritual Cycles—the Counting of the Omer Physical Cycles—Sabbatical Cycles for the Land Cosmic Cycles—49,000 Years The Divine Timeline The “Birth” of Adam in Divine Time

Annex C—Flood Background

Natural Flood Mechanisms Storms Volcanic Eruptions Meteorite Impacts Ground Water Disharge Land Susidence Cultures Surviving the Flood

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