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| − | | + | '''Noah's Ark''' was a large vessel described in the [[Genesis, Chapter 6|sixth chapter]] of the [[Bible|Biblical]] [[Genesis|book of Genesis]], built specifically to save a remnant of mankind and animals from the [[Great Flood|flood]]. [[Noah]] was chosen by God and warned of the impending disaster, being given a command to build the Ark to save himself and his family, consisting of eight people, and the land animals from the flood (Gen 6:14-16). At the end of the flood, it ran aground in the "mountains Ararat" (Gen 8:4), where sightings are disputed to this day. |
| − | '''Noah's Ark''' was a large vessel described in the sixth chapter of the [[Bible|Biblical]] [[Genesis|book of Genesis]], built specifically to save a remnant of mankind and animals from the [[Great Flood|flood]]. [[Noah]] was chosen by God and warned of the impending disaster, being given a command to build the Ark to save himself and his family, consisting of eight people, and the land animals from the flood (Gen 6:14-16). At the end of the flood, it ran aground in the "mountains Ararat" (Gen 8:4), where sightings are disputed to this day. | |
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| | Three massive replicas of Noah's Ark exist today, partly or fully constructed: one in the Netherlands,<ref>http://www.pbase.com/paulthedane/noahs_ark</ref> one in Kentucky, and one near Miami, Florida. In May 2022, a [[Tennessee]] man built a scaled-down replica.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFTHNE3e6UI</ref> | | Three massive replicas of Noah's Ark exist today, partly or fully constructed: one in the Netherlands,<ref>http://www.pbase.com/paulthedane/noahs_ark</ref> one in Kentucky, and one near Miami, Florida. In May 2022, a [[Tennessee]] man built a scaled-down replica.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFTHNE3e6UI</ref> |
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| | The Ark was large; in fact, until the launch of the British ship ''Great Eastern'' in 1858 the Ark was the largest moving object built by man. The Hebrew cubit was a unit of measurement spanning the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, or about 18 inches<ref>http://worldwideflood.com/ark/noahs_cubit/cubit.htm</ref> (or slightly under 1/2 meter under the metric system), and based on this measurement the Ark was 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet tall. However, Moses, the writer of ''Genesis'', was educated in the court of Egypt and was familiar with the royal cubit, which was 20.6 inches long<ref>http://worldwideflood.com/ark/noahs_cubit/cubit.htm</ref>, giving the Ark a maximum size of 618 x 103 x 61 feet<ref>https://creation.com/images/pdfs/tj/j20_3/j20_3_71-77.pdf</ref>. | | The Ark was large; in fact, until the launch of the British ship ''Great Eastern'' in 1858 the Ark was the largest moving object built by man. The Hebrew cubit was a unit of measurement spanning the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, or about 18 inches<ref>http://worldwideflood.com/ark/noahs_cubit/cubit.htm</ref> (or slightly under 1/2 meter under the metric system), and based on this measurement the Ark was 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet tall. However, Moses, the writer of ''Genesis'', was educated in the court of Egypt and was familiar with the royal cubit, which was 20.6 inches long<ref>http://worldwideflood.com/ark/noahs_cubit/cubit.htm</ref>, giving the Ark a maximum size of 618 x 103 x 61 feet<ref>https://creation.com/images/pdfs/tj/j20_3/j20_3_71-77.pdf</ref>. |
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| − | The Ark's construction consisted of "gopher wood", a material that is the subject of conjecture today. Scholars have posited a number of possibilities for what gopher wood represents, including [[mahogany]], [[zebra wood]], [[cambriatic wood]], [[cypress]], and [[ebony]]<ref>[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/gopherwood.html What is “Gopher Wood”? ChristianAnswers.net]</ref>. Strong's states that it is an unused root word (גֹּפֶר ''gôpher'') possibly related to either building something from wood, to house in, or a type of tree, leaning toward the cypress. It may also be related to ''kâphar'' (כָּפַר), which in the ''Genesis'' account (ch. 6:14) specifies "pitch", leading scholars to speculate that the wood involved was from a resinous tree. | + | The Ark's construction consisted of "gopher wood", a material that is the subject of conjecture today. Scholars have posited a number of possibilities for what gopher wood represents, including [[mahogany]], zebra wood, cambriatic wood, cypress, and ebony<ref>[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/gopherwood.html What is “Gopher Wood”? ChristianAnswers.net]</ref>. Strong's states that it is an unused root word (גֹּפֶר ''gôpher'') possibly related to either building something from wood, to house in, or a type of tree, leaning toward the cypress. It may also be related to ''kâphar'' (כָּפַר), which in the ''Genesis'' account (ch. 6:14) specifies "pitch", leading scholars to speculate that the wood involved was from a resinous tree. |
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| | The "pitch" itself was bitumen<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bitumen</ref>, used extensively by the ancients as both a binder and a waterproofing agent. Commonly called asphalt or tar, the material is first heated up to make it more viscous before being applied; Arabic reed boats called ''kufas'' have lasted for years after being pitched<ref>https://www.thoughtco.com/bitumen-history-of-black-goo-170085</ref>, and on a similar note it has been recorded that Native Americans also used the pitch obtained from the [[Rancho La Brea|La Brea tar pits]] in California to waterproof baskets<ref>https://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/2605</ref>. | | The "pitch" itself was bitumen<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bitumen</ref>, used extensively by the ancients as both a binder and a waterproofing agent. Commonly called asphalt or tar, the material is first heated up to make it more viscous before being applied; Arabic reed boats called ''kufas'' have lasted for years after being pitched<ref>https://www.thoughtco.com/bitumen-history-of-black-goo-170085</ref>, and on a similar note it has been recorded that Native Americans also used the pitch obtained from the [[Rancho La Brea|La Brea tar pits]] in California to waterproof baskets<ref>https://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/2605</ref>. |