Excerpt from The Babylonian and the Hebrew Genesis From of old the accounts of primæval times given in the Bible have aroused a peculiar interest, especially since they became the centre of many and violent controversies on "The Bible and Natural Science." But now this strife no longer rages with its former violence; indeed, it may be said to have ceased entirely in strictly scientific circles. Most of us have at length recognised that the expression "The Bible and Natural Science" was from the outset a false antithesis; that biblical utterances regarding the Creation do not fall within the sphere of exact science, and that, on the other hand, certain actual or probable results of the investigations of natural science into the ultimate origins of things do not come into collision with the interests of religion, strictly so called. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.