Claim CH505.3:
John Joseph, Prince of Nouri, Grand-Archdeacon of Babylon, and so on,
found the ark high on Ararat on his third (or eighth, by some accounts)
attempt. He made detailed measurements, which coincided exactly with the
measurements in the Bible.
Source:
LaHaye, Tim and John Morris, 1976. The Ark on Ararat, Nashville: Thomas
Nelson Inc. and Creation Life Publishers, pp. 64-67.
Response:
- John Joseph is not a credible source. His exalted titles could not be
verified. After a bishop refused him ordination, he continued for ten
years to claim that he was on his way to the ordination service. He
alternately claimed that he had and did not have financial backing to
relocate the ark. He was unable to convince friends of his claims. He
may once have been a mental patient in California (Bailey 1989,
85-86).
- His description of the ark conflicts with other accounts. And the
measurements could not be called an exact match because nobody knows
how large the biblical cubit was.
References:
- Bailey, Lloyd, 1989. Noah: The Person and the Story in History and
Tradition. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press.
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