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Review of The Biblical Clock
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Biblical Clock" by Daniel Friedmann and Dania Sheldon.]
The Biblical Clock by Daniel Friedmann and Dania Sheldon, is a nonfiction book divided into three parts with a total of twelve chapters. all chapters base the author's research on nonfiction historical facts except for chapter ten, which entails the end of days. The book has several narratives of past events but mainly explains the timing of formation of the universe and appearance of life on Earth based on science and religion. Daniel, in his book, is seen to challenge the mindsets of many who find scientific and religious facts with respect to timings and origin of universe incompatible. Daniel, In his journey to reconcile these opposite worlds, digs deep into ancient references from both sides to show some common aspects and their compatibility. Daniel also uses both religious and scientific characters who existed in different times of history and whose contributions were of significant impact to his research as seen in the book.
The book begins in Acre where we find Isaac Ben Samuel, a Jew, who had the urge to understand the mysteries of existence. After the fall of acre, Isaac continues with his works of reckoning the Earth's age and comes up with a manuscript that travels through several nations before a part of it's photocopies lands on the hands of Kaplan, a physicist and later a rabbi, in a near past for translation. The book continues showing different speculations on timings on the existence of the universe by scientists and religious figures and who use various formulas to prove their works. All parts are well researched by the author, from the ancient Judah to the modern world of science in the twenty first century. And finally, who doesn't want to know about the end times? In chapter ten, Daniel gives a fictional speculation of the end of days. You better grab a copy to get more understanding of Daniel's thesis; the Earth's age and the end of days.
I love how the author uses ancient texts and explains them in brackets or the subsequent sentence. I also like the use of images which show evidence of existence since most of the book is based on references from a long time ago. The flow of the narratives in the beginning of the book is exceptional which makes it fun to read but in later chapters things get a bit mixed up when the author goes back to places visited in previous chapters and which I find confusing to an inattentive reader. Other thing I didn't like in the book is the long background checks on characters which had no impact on the end goal of this book.
The author is quite convincing on the reconciliation of scientific and scriptural worlds, in understanding Earth's life and speculations on past timings and those of the future, but still leaves more room for research since he only uses one religion for his case study. The book, The Biblical Clock, is well edited and therefore, I award it 3 out of 4 stars and not four because of the minor errors mentioned in the previous paragraph. I recommend the book to anyone yearning for information on Earth's existence from a scriptural and scientific perspective.
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The Biblical Clock
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The Biblical Clock by Daniel Friedmann and Dania Sheldon, is a nonfiction book divided into three parts with a total of twelve chapters. all chapters base the author's research on nonfiction historical facts except for chapter ten, which entails the end of days. The book has several narratives of past events but mainly explains the timing of formation of the universe and appearance of life on Earth based on science and religion. Daniel, in his book, is seen to challenge the mindsets of many who find scientific and religious facts with respect to timings and origin of universe incompatible. Daniel, In his journey to reconcile these opposite worlds, digs deep into ancient references from both sides to show some common aspects and their compatibility. Daniel also uses both religious and scientific characters who existed in different times of history and whose contributions were of significant impact to his research as seen in the book.
The book begins in Acre where we find Isaac Ben Samuel, a Jew, who had the urge to understand the mysteries of existence. After the fall of acre, Isaac continues with his works of reckoning the Earth's age and comes up with a manuscript that travels through several nations before a part of it's photocopies lands on the hands of Kaplan, a physicist and later a rabbi, in a near past for translation. The book continues showing different speculations on timings on the existence of the universe by scientists and religious figures and who use various formulas to prove their works. All parts are well researched by the author, from the ancient Judah to the modern world of science in the twenty first century. And finally, who doesn't want to know about the end times? In chapter ten, Daniel gives a fictional speculation of the end of days. You better grab a copy to get more understanding of Daniel's thesis; the Earth's age and the end of days.
I love how the author uses ancient texts and explains them in brackets or the subsequent sentence. I also like the use of images which show evidence of existence since most of the book is based on references from a long time ago. The flow of the narratives in the beginning of the book is exceptional which makes it fun to read but in later chapters things get a bit mixed up when the author goes back to places visited in previous chapters and which I find confusing to an inattentive reader. Other thing I didn't like in the book is the long background checks on characters which had no impact on the end goal of this book.
The author is quite convincing on the reconciliation of scientific and scriptural worlds, in understanding Earth's life and speculations on past timings and those of the future, but still leaves more room for research since he only uses one religion for his case study. The book, The Biblical Clock, is well edited and therefore, I award it 3 out of 4 stars and not four because of the minor errors mentioned in the previous paragraph. I recommend the book to anyone yearning for information on Earth's existence from a scriptural and scientific perspective.
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The Biblical Clock
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes | on Smashwords
Latest Review: The Biblical Clock by Daniel Friedmann and Dania Sheldon
