The Genesis Flood

The Genesis Flood is a 1961 book co-authored by Henry Morris and John Whitcomb that provides strong evidence for a young earth. It had a strong impact on the modern creation science movement.

Background

In September 1953, Dr. Henry Morris, an engineer, university professor, and creation scientist, went to Grace Theological Seminary to present a scientific paper he had written to the American Scientific Affiliation, which was meeting on the campus. The paper was entitled "Biblical Evidence for a Recent Creation and Universal Deluge" and presented just that. John Whitcomb, who had been teaching at Grace for two years already, was very impressed and impacted by the paper and decided to give up his belief in the gap theory view in favor of young earth creation.

After this, Whitcomb contacted Morris, who made clear of his intentions to write a book concerning biblical creation. In the weeks after this, Whitcomb was led to write his doctor of theology dissertation on biblical creation, and in May 1957 he finished the dissertation. At 452 pages long, it was entitled The Genesis Flood: An Investigation of Its Geographical Extent, Geologic Effects, and Chronological Setting. In the fall of 1957, Morris accepted Whitcomb's invitation to co-author a book on biblical creation.

Publishing

The book that Morris and Whitcomb wrote, The Genesis Flood, was published in February 1961 by Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company in New Jersey. It was more than 500 pages long.

Impact

In 1959, the centennial celebration of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species was held at the University of Chicago, and there Julian Huxley and other evolutionists and atheists stated that creationism was dead. They were completely wrong.

External links

• 50th Anniversary Edition on Amazon