Life Before Genesis

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Turner's 'conclusion' is that the Australian Aborigines, having transcended the problem of incorporation and technology at a Stone Age level of development, achieved what eludes 'modern' society – peace, order and good government. The analysis is based on a comparison of Australian and Canadian aboriginal society and mythology following more than a decade of ethnographic work, numerous publications on the subject and a theoretical insight into the nature of the human condition. In reading his research findings and his insight into the Book of Genesis, Turner finds that he has gone some way to shattering the silence of the text. What emerges is a Prologue to the Judeo-Christian tradition which also hints at its Conclusion.

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David H. Turner

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«The ideas Turner presents are new and stimulating. His book is...an exploratory step in developing a theory. As such, it poses more questions than it answers. And this is its greatest value.
In addition to being offered tools to be refined in the process of understanding contemporary Aboriginal cultures, we are offered tools for thinking about Australian prehistory and about the future of all of us...» (Deborah Bird Rose, Australian Archaeology)
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