TY - BOOK AU - Carlson,Richard F. AU - Longman,Tremper TI - Science, creation and the Bible: reconciling rival theories of origins SN - 9780830838899 (paperback : alk. paper) AV - BS651 .C333 2010 U1 - 231.7/652 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. PB - IVP Academic KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Genesis I-II KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Creationism KW - Creation KW - Religion and science N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Theological and scientific sources and their interpretation --; Characteristics of theology and science relevant to the conflict --; Biblical interpretation : a key element in resolving the creation-evolution conflict --; Creation in the Old Testament --; Creation in the New Testament --; Genesis 1:1-2:3 and Genesis 2:4-25 --; Genesis 1 and 2 as a worldview statement of the ancient people of Israel N2 - Physicist Richard Carlson and biblical scholar Tremper Longman address the longstanding problem of how to relate scientific description of the beginnings of the universe with the biblical creation passages found in Genesis chapters 1 and 2. Experts in their respective fields, these two authors provide a way to resolve the seeming conflicting descriptions by showing the meaning of the biblical texts as well as the meaning of scientific description.--From publisher description ER -