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Gopher wood or gopherwood is a term used once in the Bible, to describe the material used to construct Noah's Ark. Genesis 6:14 states that Noah was instructed to build the Ark of gofer (גֹפֶר ), commonly transliterated as gopher wood, a word not otherwise used in the Bible or the Hebrew language in general (a hapax legomenon).
The project was documented in a 2014 TV documentary for the UK's Channel 4 called The Real Noah’s Ark. It was later Americanised for Secrets of Noah's Ark that aired as an episode of PBS's NOVA series. [3] His study was described in his book The Ark Before Noah. It was widely reported in the news media. [4] [5]
The structure of the Ark (and the chronology of the flood) is homologous with the Jewish Temple and with Temple worship. [9] Accordingly, Noah's instructions are given to him by God (Genesis 6:14–16): the ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high (approximately 134×22×13 m or 440×72×43 ft). [10]
The Biblical account of Noah tells of God instructing Noah to build a giant ark to spare his family and pairs of animals from an impending flood meant to destroy the evil and wickedness running ...
Full size interpretation of Noah's Ark in Dordrecht, Netherlands Noah's Ark at Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong. The Bible gives the length of the ark as 300 cubits.Various cubits were in use in antiquity, [2] but to be considered "full-scale", an Ark replica would have to be somewhere in the range from about 135 to upward of 150 meters long (ca. 440 to 500+ feet).
While the builders originally planned to hold the ark together with wooden pegs, modern building codes required the builders to use steel fasteners, thus 95 tons of metal plates and bolts were used to connect the wood together. [52] The electric lighting inside was designed to look like oil lamps. [9]
The third reproduction was a "skeleton" ark, built for the scenes depicting Noah and his sons constructing the Ark. [16] The fourth reproduction was "placed at the foot of a dam" for the inundation sequences and the fifth reproduction was a miniature for the storm sequences. [16] The cost of building the five reproductions was more than $1 ...
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