JOHN C. WHITCOMB
the
EARLY
EARTH
Revised Edition
An Introduction to Biblical Creationism
BMH Books
Winona Lake, IN 46590
Copyright © 1972, 1986 by Baker Books
A division of Baker Book House Company
Assigned to John C. Whitcomb, 2002
Original edition: thirteen printings; 83,866 copies
Revised edition first issued December 1986
Second revised edition, BMH Books, December 2010
ISBN: 978-088469-268-3
Scripture quotations are from the New American Standard Bible, copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 by the Lockman Foundation.
Picture credits:
H. Armstrong Roberts: 27, 41, 59, 79, 83, 87, 117
Insitut Pasteur Musée: 67
iStockphoto: 63, 69, 85
Shutterstock: 7, 49, 77, 95
To the memory of my father
Colonel John C. Whitcomb
(1894–1976)
Contents
1. The Nature of Biblical Creation
Creation Involved a Superficial Appearance of History
2. The Creation of the Universe
Did the Earth Come from a Proto-sun?
The Purpose of the Stellar Creation
3. The Creation of Plants and Animals
Genesis and the Geologic Timetable
The Original Abundance of Life
The Direct Creation of Adam’s Body
The Marvelous Complexity of the Human Body
5. Was the Earth Once a Chaos?
How Many Creative Acts in Genesis 1?
List of Illustrations
The Experiments of Louis Pasteur
Created Kinds, Noah’s Ark, and Railroad Box Cars
The Duck-Billed Platypus of Australia
To interpret the Bible literally is simply to take God at His Word. This is the high road of biblical exposition which readers have learned to anticipate in anything written by John Whitcomb, and the studies in this book are outstanding examples of such God-honoring exposition.
Any study by Dr. Whitcomb dealing with the Genesis record is certain to be authoritative and relevant. The first edition of this book (thirteen printings) has already been widely read and used to strengthen the confidence of many people in the integrity of God’s Word. The early chapters of Genesis should be recognized as completely historical and scientifically accurate, and this is the position demonstrated and expounded in these ...
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About The Early Earth: An Introduction to Biblical CreationismFirst published in 1972, The Early Earth has established itself as one of the most illuminating books defending biblical creationism. Newly revised in 2011, this text is a companion to John Whitcomb’s The World That Perished. It includes dozens of updates and recent citations that strengthen Whitcomb’s defense of biblical creationism. The book is organized into five sections, including more than a dozen special illustrations and explanations that will be of interest to both mature and younger readers. They include interesting sidelights on such subjects as whales, the duck-billed platypus, dinosaurs, bacterial flagellum, and more. In addition to a bibliography reflecting the latest scientific information from books and journal articles, the revised version also includes extensive subject, author, and Scripture indices. |
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