events happened in a certain fashion; the books of scientific
authority say they did not. As it seems that this unquestionable
truth has not yet penetrated among many of those who speak and
write on these subjects, it may be useful to give a full
illustration of it. And for that purpose I propose to deal, at
some length, with the narrative of the Noachian Deluge given
in Genesis.


The Bampton lecturer in 1859, and the Canon of St. Paul's in
1890, are in full agreement that this history is true, in the
sense in which I have defined historical truth. The former is of
opinion that the account attributed to Berosus records
a tradition--


not drawn from the Hebrew record, much less the foundation of
that record; yet coinciding with it in the most remarkable way.
The Babylonian version is tricked out with a few extravagances,
as the monstrous size of the vessel and the translation of
Xisuthros; but otherwise it is the Hebrew history down to its
minutiae. (p. 64).


Moreover, correcting Niebuhr, the Bampton lecturer points out
that the narrative of Berosus implies the universality of
the Flood.


It is plain that the waters are represented as prevailing above