SHORT SUMMARY: Beyond Genesis offers an alternative explanation for the origin of man that is unique and different from either side in the familiar Creationism versus Evolution debate. The author explores a refreshingly new interpretation of the book of Genesis that he believes was not meant to be understood completely until the present age of information and reason. He reveals new insights which uncover a storyline in Genesis that has gone unnoticed through the ages. He offers timely new explanations for all the other "myths" of Genesis, including the source of Cain ́s wife and the flood of Noah. All hypotheses are based on sound, recent science and the field of genetics, and are supported through references to the original sources. The central theme of the entire book is that the book of Genesis really is accurate historically, and that modern man is a product of BOTH the evolutionary processes, and a unique, separate line of man, the one referred to in Genesis. The book also reveals that the "plan" for man is not finished. LONG SUMMARY: There has been considerable interest lately in the debate between science and religion over creation and the existence of God. In order to gain a larger base of support, many religious groups are changing the wording of their agenda from 'Creationism" to 'Intelligent Design" because of problems with the stories in the book of Genesis. If we study the history of man as contained in the book of Genesis, and compare it to the archeological evidence, we do find that there are some common grounds. The differences exist mostly because historians refuse to consider the stories contained in the Bible as anything other than myths or exa

Are we genetically linked to a REAL person named Adam? SUMMARY: Allen Epling, author of Beyond Genesis: The Untold Story of Man´s Origins, offers an alternative explanation for the origin of man that is unique and different from the usual Creationism versus Evolution debate. This book is not just a book of "explanations" of single events based on science, but the COMPLETE, credible, story of man from the beginning. Unlike other books on the subject of Genesis that attempt to explain individual events with science, this book pulls the whole story together into a narrative that flows seamlessly from the creation through the flood, and beyond, while maintaining scientific credibility. By proving that we have a GENETIC signature that goes back to biblical times, it reveals a PLAN of God not seen before, through new insights which uncover what really happened in Genesis, a story that has previously gone unnoticed, and untold. The author presents timely new explanations for the "myths" of Genesis, based on recent scientific evidence. The theme throughout is that the book of Genesis is accurate historically, and that modern man is the result of a combination of BOTH the evolutionary processes, AND a unique, separate line of man, the one referred to in Genesis that descended from Adam. The book also reveals the ultimate "plan" for man and that it is not finished!! This book was written because of a belief that the book of Genesis has a historical basis and is significant in the history of man. However, the author doesn't fall into the trap of others who go against common beliefs of the scientific community, of completely repudiating data that is reliable and accepted, almost universally, by all scientists. The basic assumption in this work is that both the scientific community and the religious fundamentalists have misinterpreted the data, and the answer lies somewhere in between. The author attempts to show in this book that the stories of Genesis are based on truth and are believable if we make only a few adjustments to the translation and interpretation of the original Hebrew Bible. Anthropologists and historians universally agree that something extraordinary did happen between 2500 BC and 2000 BC that lifted man out of the Stone Age into civilization. Our systems of government, our written language, our way of building cities are all a result of that one giant leap from ignorance to enlightenment. Was that "technology explosion" so

A modern and noble UFO religion. A futuristic scientific discovery to save dying planets. An unthinkable story of our genesis. Professor Rudhran, renowned scientist and founder of a UFO religion called Kalki, is on a quest to find the crown jewel with the intention of saving our planet for our species to live in harmony. Abhimanyu, Rudhran’s son, owner of a huge conglomerate and a very influential person, is on a quest to find the crown jewel with the intention of saving our planet from our species so that all other species and the planet itself can live in harmony. He kills his own father to get ahead in the race. With the clue that Rudhran left, Krish, Iksha and others join in search of the crown jewel in a frantic hunt through ancient Indian temples. After a breath-taking adventure and solving the mysterious riddles, when they find the crown jewel, they are in shock to see that what they were searching for was not something that they expected. Can the crown jewel be used to save our planet? Abhimanyu or Rudhran, who’s vision will become true? What will be the future of our species and this planet? Along with all these questions, answers for our genesis and purposes on this planet are unveiled with the help of the crown jewel.

Some Americans pretend that a watertight line separates the "races." But most know that millions of mixed-heritage families crossed from one "race" to another over the past four centuries. Every essay in this collection tells such a tale. Each speaks with a different style and to different interests. But taken together, the seven articles paint a portrait, unsurpassed in the literature, of migrations, challenges, and triumphs over "racial" obstacles. Stacy Webb tells of families of mixed ancestry who pioneered westward paths from the Carolinas into the colonial wilderness, paths now known as Cumberland Road, Natchez Trace, Three-Chopped Way, and others. They migrated, not in search of wealth or exploration, but to escape the injustice of America's hardening "racial" barrier. Govinda Sanyal's astonishing research uses mtDNA markers to trace a single female lineage that winds its way through prehistoric Yemen, North Africa, Moorish Spain, the Sephardic diaspora, colonial Mexico, and finally escapes the Inquisition by assimilating into a Native American tribe, ending up in South Carolina. He fleshes out the DNA thread with documented genealogy, so we get to know their names, their lives, their struggles. Cyndie Goins Hoelscher focuses on a specific family that scattered from the Carolinas. One branch fled to Texas, becoming friends with Sam Houston and participating in the founding of that state. Other bands fought in the war of 1812, or migrated to Florida or the Gulf coast. Nowadays, Goins descendants can be found in nearly every state and are of nearly every "race." Scott Withrow (the collection's editor) concentrates on the saga of one individual of mixed ancestry. Joseph Willis was born into a community of color in South Carolina. He migrated to Louisiana, was accepted as a White man, founded one of the first churches in the area, and became one of the region's best-loved and most fondly remembered Christian ministers. S. Pony Hill recounts the historic struggles of South Carolina's Cheraw tribe, in a reprint of Chapter 5 of his book, "Strangers in Their Own Land." Marvin Jones tells the history of the "Winton Triangle," a section of North Carolina populated by successful families of mixed ancestry from colonial times until the mid-20th century. They fought for the Union, founded schools, built businesses, and thrived through adversity until the civil rights movement of 1955-65 ended legal segregation. K. Paul Johnson traces the history of North Carolina's antebellum Quakers. The once-strong community dissolved as it grew morally opposed to slavery. Those who stayed true to their faith migrated north. Those who remained slaveowners left the church. The worst stress was the Nat Turner event. Its aftermath helped turn the previously permeable color line into the harsh endogamous barrier that exists today.

As debates within the Church over the scientific details of creation become more frequent, the experts seem to grow more entrenched while the rest of us only become more confused. Somewhere between the endless arguments over distant starlight and Carbon-14 dating, calculating the mathematical improbabilities of things that already exist, and parsing ancient Hebrew and Greek, somebody needs to ask the simple question, If 3,500 years of scientific progress can't help modern Christians figure out Genesis, then how could the ancient Israelities possibly have understood it so well? What secret did this newly liberated gaggle of Hebrew nomads take with them out of Egypt that holds the key to understanding God's telling of His own creation story? Beyond the Firmament challenges all creationist camps --whether Young-Earth, Old-Earth, or Theistic Evolutionist -- to step outside of traditional paradigms and recognize how our modern, Western, post-Enlightenment scientific worldview actually blinds us from seeing the simple truth of Creation as it was originally intended, and how our failure to grasp the theological significance of the Biblical creation model puts science and faith on a collision course.

POWERFUL INSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING WITH A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE CONFIRMING THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT FROM CREATION TO THE AMAZING END-TIME PROPHECIES The Origin, History, Eternal Purpose, and Final Fate, of Man, God and the Universe. It is the exciting story of creation. This book does exactly as the title says, it takes you from Genesis to Armageddon and Beyond. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE Read this never before revealed information detailed in this exciting Bible-docu-drama. You will find the answers to questions that you thought were unanswerable on this side of eternity. You will understand God and His plans as never before. You will cringe in horror as you read the malevolent plans of Satan. Your eyes will open wide in awesome wonder as the plans of the Almighty are unveiled before you. Amazing Scientific Proof Exactly how God created the universe. How did He create the Earth? What happened to the dinosaurs? Newly discovered scientific proof for the Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah and many other Biblical events. Who is the Islamic Anti-Christ? The Great Whore? Read about Armageddon before You experience it! How the current situation in the Middle East involving Israel, Islam, the Palestinians, Jerusalem and the west Bank will lead the world into Armageddon. Learn how crack cocaine, the pestilence of AIDS, the return of the Soviet Jews to Israel, the EC and the NEW WORLD ORDER all signal that we are at the end of time of human government. Learn what happens next. THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

Genesis in Japan rises from a journal of reflections that were collected by the author while teaching the Bible to Japanese university students in Tokyo. It relates the diverse responses to the Bible that rebound, subtly but forcefully, back to the teacher from these students—extraordinary responses, in that they are simple, pure, ordinary, and entirely disorienting. Teaching and learning the Bible in Japan has led the author to another view of the Bible, one that stands in stark contrast with the Bible in the Bible-heavy culture that was the author’s beginning at a small crossroads in central South Carolina.

In this eye-opening book, llana Pardes explores the tense dialogue between dominant patriarchal discourses of the Bible and counter female voices. Pardes studies women’s plots and subplots, dreams and pursuits, uncovering the diverse and at times conflicting figurations of femininity in biblical texts. She also sketches the ways in which antipatriarchal elements intermingle with other repressed elements in the Bible: polytheistic traditions, skeptical voices, and erotic longings.

Faith, Reason, and Earth History presents Leonard Brand¿s argument for constructive thinking about origins and earth history in the context of Scripture, showing readers how to analyze available scientific data and approach unsolved problems. Faith does not need to fear the data, but can contribute to progress in understanding earth history within the context of God¿s Word while still being honest about unanswered questions. In this patient explanation of the mission of science, the author models his conviction that ¿above all, it is essential that we treat each other with respect, even if we disagree on fundamental issues.¿ The original edition of this work (1997) was one of the first books on this topic written from the point of view of an experienced research scientist. A career biologist, paleontologist, and teacher, Brand brings to this well-illustrated book a rich assortment of practical scientific examples. This thoughtful and rigorous presentation makes Brand¿s landmark work highly useful both as a college-level text and as an easily accessible treatment for the educated lay person.