Adam When?
by Harold Camping
Family Stations, Inc.

CONTENTS

Preface i
Introduction viii
Chapter 1. Can the Bible Be Trusted? 1
All of the Bible is accurate and authoritative
Whenever we have to force a verse to make it fit, we are on a very dangerous ground.
Scientific conclusions regarding the earth's origins are very often based on hypotehsis rather than fact.
A false system of knowledge may appear true.
The evidence is not all in.
May we dare trust the Bible when it speaks in the area of scientific inquiry?
How do we regard the Bible?
Chapter 2. The Genesis Authorship 25
Moses, a man of great learning and wisdom.
Chapter 3. Guideposts in the Sacred Text 35
Inspired verbs.
Noah's and Terah's Sons.
Patriarchal Periods.
Chapter 4. Patriarchal Periods on the Family Tree 45
The time bridge.
Parents and patriarchs.
Jacob forty years in Haran.
The perfect tally.
Genesis 5 and 11 are a calendar.
The timetable of man revealed.
Summary
Chapter 5. Chronology of The Judges 65
A David and Solomon Co-Regency.
Jephthah's estimate of time.
Paul's estimate of time.
Summary.
Chapter 6. The Tower of Babel 79
The first civilization.
The confusion of tongues.
Writing, a result of Babel.
The Ziggurats.
The Maya Connection.
Chapter 7. Joseph and Pharaoh 92
The secular record's date.
The Biblical record's date.
The pronoun "He" conveys significant information.
Was the father of Sesostris III murdered?
A slave becomes Prime Minister.
Joseph's long rule accords with the secular date.
Chapter 8. The Hyksos 102
The timing of the Hyksos.
How did the Hyksos seize power?
The land of Goshen and the Hyksos.
Joseph identifies the Hyksos with the Hebrews.
The end of the Hyksos.
A queen is king.
Summary
Chapter 9. The Exodus 119
The Napoleon of Egypt.
Thutmose III dies.
The month and day of Pharaoh's death.
The world hears.
The tenth plague.
Chapter 10. The Israel Stela 134
Chapter 11. Let the Oceans Speak 139
The oceans: A key to the past.
Ocean water suggest a time schedule for history.
A look at sediments.
Summary.
Chapter 12. Earth's Radiocarbon Timepiece 154
Are radioactive dating assumptions correct?
Potassium-argon dating reveals many anomalies.
Tecktites and potassium-argon dating.
Cosmic rays and isotopes.
Earth's radiocarbon timepiece.
The radiocarbon reservoir is still filling.
Chapter 13. Can We Reconstruct the Past 169
Before the flood.
The flood depleted the C14 reservoir.
Water from deep space.
C14 from deep space.
How much water inudated the earth?
Pre-flood climate.
Post-flood climate.
The glacial epoch.
Carbon cycle changes.
Summary.
Chapter 14. The Earth Was Divided 199
Back to the Oceans.
The Bible answers.
Chapter 15. Ancient History 209
From Adam to the Flood.
The flood.
Continental division.
Chapter 16. Conclusion 223
Appendix I. Accession Year of Rehoboam 227
Appendix II. The "Rest" of the Land of Canaan 228
Appendix III. Aaron's Generation and the Number 153 232
A catch of 153 fish
Appendix IV. The Priesthood of Aaron 239
Appendix V. Additional Notes on Deep Space Water 241
Appendix VI. Sesostris III's Reign 244
Appendix VII. Merneptah's Reign 247
Appendix VIII. Further Discussion on Radiocarbon Dating 248
Appendix IX. Tree-Ring Dating 251
Appendix X. The Decay/Production Ratio of C14 252
Appendix XI. C14 Content on Fossils 254