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Creation
Iain Davidson (idavidso@METZ.UNE.EDU.AU)
Fri, 4 Oct 1996 07:55:45 +1000
NEW OBSERVATIONS ON CREATION 6000 YEARS ON
"Most of them certain, the rest probable, all harmless, strange and rarely
heard of before"
A symposium of the University of New England
organised by the
Department of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology
23 October 1996-The 6000th Anniversary of Creation
In 1642, Dr John Lightfoot, then Vice-Chancellor of the University of
Cambridge, improved on the calculation of Archbishop Ussher that the Bible
recorded the Creation as happening in 4004 BC with the estimate that it
occurred at 9 am (6 pm Eastern Australian time) on 23 October. Lightfoot's
claim was published in a book: A Few and New Observations on the Book of
Genesis, the most of them certain, the rest probable, all harmless, strange
and rarely heard of before. In this whimsical spirit, the following people
will each have their day, in the Di Watson Lecture Theatre, Department of
Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology.
3.30 pm Introduction
3.45 pm Day 1 Associate Professor Gerry Woolsey, Department of Physics
"Let there be light"
4.00 pm Day 2 Associate Professor Peter Flood, Department of Geology and
Geophysics
"Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters ... let the dry land
appear"
4.15 pm Day 3 Dr Margaret Brock, Department of Botany
"Let the earth bring forth grass, the kind that yields seed according to
its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according
to its kind."
4.30 pm Day 4 Dr Mathew Fewell, Department of Physics
"Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from
the night ...He made the stars also."
4.45 pm Day 5 Professor Peter Jarman, Department of Ecosystem Management
"Let the waters abound with sea creatures and every living thing that moves
... and every winged bird according to its kind. ... Let the earth bring
forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing
and beast of the earth each according to its kind."
5.00 pm Day 6 Dr Peter Brown, Department of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology
"Let us make man in our own image, according to our likeness."
5.15 pm Day 7 Mr Ken Kippen, Department of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology
"... and he rested"
5.30 pm Day 8 Associate Professor Iain Davidson, Department of
Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology
Associate Professor William Noble, Department of Psychology
"In the beginning was the word."
5.45 pm Conclusion Professor Graham Maddox, Dean of Arts
6pm The Big Bang (Champagne will be served)
Please stay to celebrate with apples, figs and jelly snakes.
Dress optional
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Iain Davidson Tel +61 +67 732 441
Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology Fax +61 +67 732 526
University of New England
Armidale, NSW 2351
AUSTRALIA
Home page http://www.une.edu.au/~Arch/ArchHome.html
see also http://www.une.edu.au/~Arch/HumEv.html for a
description of
W. Noble & I. Davidson 1996 Human evolution, language and mind.
Cambridge University Press.
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