The Six Days of Creation | Development of Life, Homo Sapiens, and the Missing Millions | Volume 2

How does the Torah’s record of Creation correspond with archaeological discoveries?

The Torah’s account of Creation teaches that plant life was created on the Third Day, marine life on the Fifth Day, and land animals and man on the Sixth. Yet archaeological discoveries and advanced dating techniques seem to trace the development of life across millions of years—from simple marine organisms to plants, and finally to complex animals and humans. 

Rabbi Alexander Hool grew up under the tutelage of his father, Rabbi Maurice Hool of Kingsbury, London, UK. He learned in Gateshead Yeshivah for many years under the direction of the Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Avrohom Gurwitz, and then moved to Israel where he has been studying (in Ponevezh Yeshivah and Kollel) for over twenty years.

An eminent scholar, he has developed a particular expertise in history, dating, mathematics, and other unique and intriguing subjects. He is the author of the acclaimed work Toras Yom VoLaylah (on the complex Halachic definitions of day, twilight and night and their ramifications) and has published a fundamental study on ancient astronomy and its implications regarding the Halachic Dateline, as well as an analysis of the Murex Trunculus as a possible source of the ancient blue dye ‘Techelet’. His most recent publication is a comprehensive investigation of the classification and calibration of measures and distances used in the Middle East before the Common Era (entitled Shiur HaShiurim).

Publisher:

Mosaica press

Pages:

248

Date Published:

26\08\2025