{"product_id":"omphalos","title":"Omfalos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the earth’s ancient past were part of its creation, rather than a history it actually lived?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Omphalos, English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse confronts a clash between rocks and Scripture. The earth seems to record vast ages, while Gosse reads Genesis as an account of creation in six days. His daring proposal is that a world created in a single act must already bear the appearance of a past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGosse builds his case from the cycles of living things. He moves from Adam’s navel to the rings inside a tree, then outward to rocks and fossils. At stake is his hope of keeping both geological observation and his reading of the Bible intact. But that hope raises a hard question: can an apparent past be anything other than a false record?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLife without a starting point\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Gosse’s reasoning as he makes the cycles of life the foundation of his argument.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe puzzle of Adam’s navel\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore why a bodily mark becomes the central image in Gosse’s theory of creation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRings, rocks, and fossils\u003c\/strong\u003e – Trace his proposal that signs of age need not prove an actually lived past.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA hoped-for peace\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a close observer of nature trying to hold his specimens and his Bible together.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe challenge of false evidence\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider the objection that a created fossil record would make the creator seem deceptive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers drawn to the history of science and religion, and curious about a gifted naturalist’s effort to preserve his faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and follow Gosse into the knot he hopes to untie.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534725972316,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/13528_en_ebook-front_c28.jpg?v=1792175141","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/cs\/products\/omphalos","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}