Excerpt from In the Beginning, or the First Age: Embracing the Bible Account of the Creation of the World, the Creation and Fall of Man, and the ¿nal Destruction of the World by the DelugeHe has not confined his research to the writings of any particular denomination, but has garnered the opinions of the leading scholars of all denominations, being careful to eliminate everything that would tend to weaken the reader's belief in the inspira tion of the sacred scriptures.Where the opinions of scholars have been found to differ on the fundamental doctrines of the Christian churches, he has given the different opinions of the leading writers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.