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Fischer is the founder of Genesis Proclaimed "a ministry dedicated to finding harmony in the Bible, science and history." In this examination of the book of Genesis, he tries to find a middle ground between those who believe that the King James Bible is the absolute truth and those who think that Genesis is only one of many creation myths. Using archaeological evidence from Mesopotamia and the accounts of later authors, he pieces together a possible scenario that includes the Garden of Eden, Noah's flood and many other events and people from the Bible. While he asks the reader to cast away his prejudices before starting the book, Fischer is still left with his own. He strains too hard to find evidence to support biblical passages without considering other possibilities. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The beginning chapters of Genesis come alive with characters, places, and events almost totally unknown outside of the Bible itself except when illuminated by the fascinating history of the ancient Near East. Did a man we call Adam actually exist? Was someone known to us as Noah warned of a cataclysmic flood and instructed to build an ark? Could the Tower of Babel incident actually have happened? The reader will gain a new appreciation for the historical integrity of Genesis 2-11, and marvel at the evidence that the persons, places, and events depicted, though long misunderstood, could be real.