Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1. Basic Arguments for a Universal Flood
The Depth of the Flood
Twenty-one Weeks of "Prevailing"
Thirty-one Weeks of "Assuaging"
The Duration of the Flood
The Geology of the Flood
The Size of the Ark
The Need for an Ark
The Testimony of the Apostle Peter
The Total Destruction of a Widely-Distributed Human Race
The Total Destruction of Humanity
The Extensive Distribution of the Antediluvian Race
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 2. Basic Arguments Against an Anthropologically Universal Flood
Introduction
Indians in America Before the Flood
The Babylonian Flood Account
The Presuppositions of Age Determination Methods
All Mankind Not Descended from Noah's Family
The Sons of Noah
The Table of Nations
The Bible and Racial Distribution
Anthropology and Racial Distribution
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 3. Basic Non-Geological Arguments Against a Universal Flood
Universal Terms Used in a Limited Sense
Most Universal Terms Are to be Interpreted Literally
The Context Determines the Meaning
Universal Terms Are Literal in Genesis 6-9 Because of the Physical Phenomena
Noah and the Animals
Gathering the Animals to the Ark
The Capacity of the Ark
Caring for the Animals in the Ark
The "Natural-Supernatural" Philosophy of Miracles
Postdiluvian Animal Distribution
Three Major Views
Australian Marsupials
Rapid Animal Dispersion
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 4. Uniformitarianism and the Flood: A Study of Attempted Harmonizations
Introduction
Cuvier's Catastrophism and the Diluvium Theory
Cuvier's Multiple Catastrophism
Buckland's Diluvium Theory
Lyell's Uniformitarianism and the Tranquil Theory
The Rise of Uniformitarianism
The Tranquil Theory
The Language of Scripture
The Imperiling of the Ark
The Olive Leaf
John Pye Smith and the Local Flood Theory
The Birth of the Theory
Sir Leonard Woolley and the "Flood Stratum" at Ur
The Local Flood Theory and Uniformitarian Geology
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 5. Modern Geology and the Deluge
Introduction
Geological Implications of the Biblical Record
Tremendous Erosion from Rainfall
Clouds Not the Source of the Deluge Rains
Enlarged Ocean Basins
Volcanic and Seismic Upheavals
Unprecedented Seismic Activity
Ideal Conditions for Fossil Formation
Uniformitarianism Undermined by the Flood
Basic Harmony of the Field Data and the Biblical Inferences
Nature of Sedimentary Strata
More Water in the Present Oceans
Volcanism
Earth Movements
Fossilization
The Uniformitarian Interpretation of Geology
The Present: the Key to the Past
Organic Evolution
The Geologic Time-Table
Methods of Resolving Contradictions
The Inadequacy of Uniformity to Explain the Strata
Volcanism and Igneous Rocks
Earth Movements
Continental Ice Sheets
Phenomena of Sedimentation
Fossil Graveyards
Contradictions in the Uniformitarian System
Misplaced Fossils
Living Fossils
Formations out of Sequence
Summary
Chapter 6. A Scriptural Framework for Historical Geology
Introduction
The Scriptural Divisions of Geologic History
The Initial Creation Itself
The Work of the Six Days of Creation
The Antediluvian Period
The Deluge
The Modern Post-Deluge Period
The Beginning of Creation
The Origin of the Solar System
The Origin of the Universe
The Primeval Earth
The Scientific Basis of Creation
The First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics
The Unique Processes of Creation
The Entropy Principle and Evolution
The Geologic Work of Creation Week
The First Day
The Second Day
The Third Day
Creation of "Appearance of Age"
Modern Rejection of This Biblical Doctrine
The "Steady-State" Cosmology
The "Eternal Oscillation" Cosmology
Importance of the Doctrine of a "Grown Creation"
The World That Then Was
"Waters Above the Firmament"
No Rainfall Before the Flood
Little Volcanic or Tectonic Activity
Geologic Evidences of Antediluvian Climate
Universally Warm Climate
The Supposed Permian Glaciation
Explanations of Climatic Change
The "Greenhouse Effect"
The Antediluvian Vapor Blanket
Overflowed With Water
The Destructive Power of Modern River Floods
Destructive Power of Ocean Waves
Sedimentation and Fossilization During the Flood
Emergence of the Lands
New Atmospheric Movements
Isostatic Readjustments
The Order of the Strata
Tectonic Origin of Continental Blocks
Sequence of Stratified Beds
Early Burial of Marine Creatures
Hydrodynamic Selectivity of Moving Water
Higher Mobility of the Vertebrates
Burial of Land Animals and Plants
Formation of Coal Beds
The "Mesozoic" Strata and Dinosaurs