(August 22, 2011 at 3:44 am)Justtristo Wrote:(August 21, 2011 at 7:32 pm)padraic Wrote: What's gopher wood,and what's the bet they are not quite sure of the actual length of a cubit?
I can understand how a tribe of dessert dwelling,bronze age nomadic goat herders could imagine there are only a few dozen species of animal,but-----
My guess is that gopher is probably Lebanese Cedar. although it could be interwoven willow branches and palm leaves, coated on the outside with bitumen. I wonder how if an "ark feasibility" study has been done with an supertanker sized ship whose hull was made out of interwoven willow branches and palm leaves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_wood
http://www.noahsark-naxuan.com/arkmodel.htm
http://strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3724.htm
How convenient.
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