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050 4 $aDS51.A6$bM65 1974
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100 1 $aMontgomery, John Warwick.
245 14 $aThe quest for Noah's ark :$ba treasury of documented accounts from ancient times to the present day of sightings of the ark & explorations of Mount Ararat with a narration of the author's successful ascent to the summit of Noah's mountain /$cJohn Warwick Montgomery.
250 $a2d ed. /$brev. and expanded, including satellite data.
260 $aMinneapolis :$bDimension Books, Bethany Fellowship,$c1974.
300 $a384 pages :$billustrations, plates ;$c18 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 360-371) and index.
505 0 $aPart One: The deluge and the Ark -- The Flood in universal tradition (from Millers' Testimony of the rocks, with accompanying chart from Nelson's Deluge story in stone) -- The deluge viewed archaeologically (from Yamauchi's The stones and the scriptures) -- Genesis and Gilgamesh (from Heidel's The Gilgamesh epic and Old Testament Parallels) -- The design of the Ark (from the Creation Research Society Quarterly) -- The Ark's construction (from Filby's The flood reconsidered).
505 0 $aPart Two: The survival of the Ark -- The most ancient witness (Berossus -- Josephus and his sources) -- The Patristic testimony (Theophilus of Antioch -- Faustus of Byzantium -- Epiphanius of Salamis -- Chrysostom) -- Encyclopedists of the early Middle Ages (Isidore of Seville -- Vincent of Beauvais) -- An eastern prince (Haithon) -- Monks, merchants, and knights of the later Middle Ages (William of Rubruck -- Jordanus -- Odoric of Pordenone -- Peglotti -- Sir John Mandeville -- Gonzalez de Clavijo) -- The 17th century travelers -- (Adam Olearius -- Jans Janszoon Struys -- Sir John Chardin) -- A 19th century archdeacon -- An elderly Armenian -- Samplings from the Cummings' archives (The Russian expedition -- Hardwicke Knight -- George Jefferson Greene) -- Fernand Navarra.
505 0 $aPart Three: Explorations of Ararat -- The first modern ascent: Parrot (1829) -- A geologist who wouldn't give up: Abich (1845) -- Ascension in style: Khodzko (1850) -- The British Empire on Ararat: Stuart (1856) -- Just short of the summit: Freshfield (1868) -- One-man conquest and a relic: Bryce (1876) -- More tantalizing wood: Markoff (1888) -- The British again: Lynch (1893) -- Problems and palpitations: Seylaz (1910) -- An American failure (1951) -- A French success: Navarra (1952) -- The Oxford University Exploration Club (1966) -- The Archeological Research Foundation (1966).
505 0 $aPart Four: Ark fever: today's endeavor to find Noah's Ark -- An account of the author's successfully ascent of Ararat in August, 1970 -- Arkeology 1971 -- How not to find the Ark -- Science, satellites, and Noah's Ark -- The summer of '74 -- Appendices: The Muslim accounts -- Complete list of successful ascents of Greater Ararat, 1829-1910 -- The Osnobichine-Cyril story exploded: a dossier of correspondence -- Addendum: correspondence and documents -- Map of the Ararat region.
650 0 $aNoah's ark.
651 0 $aArarat, Mount (Turkey)
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630 07 $aBible.$pOld Testament$xAntiquities.$2sears
630 07 $aBible.$pGenesis$xAntiquities.$2sears
776 08 $iOnline version:$aMontgomery, John Warwick.$tQuest for Noah's ark.$b2d ed.$dMinneapolis, Dimension Books, Bethany Fellowship [1974]$w(OCoLC)742322923
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