Studies in The History and Tradition of Mount Ararat and Noah’s Ark

INTRODUCTION

Oktay BELLİ - Randall W. YOUNKER - Faruk KAYA - Vedat Evren BELLİ

THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE NAME ARARAT

THE FORMATION AND MECHANISMS OF THE GREAT TELÇEKER EARTHFLOW WHICH ALSO MOVED NOAH’S ARK!, MOUNT ARARAT, EASTERN TURKEY  THE CASE FOR AĞRI DAĞI/MASIS AS BIBLICAL MT. ARARAT

POST-FLOOD URBANISM: BIBLICAL TRADITION AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Randall W. YOUNKER

MOUNT ARARAT: THE MOUNTAIN THAT HAS UNITED AND KEPT

CULTURES ALIVE THROUGHOUT HISTORY

THE LESSONS OF GENESIS 6-9: WHAT THE BIBLE’S FLOOD NARRATIVE MEANS FOR ALL PEOPLE

THE PROVERBS, PLAUDITS, OATHS AND CURSES SAID ABOUT MOUNT

ARARAT AND NOAH’S FLOOD BY PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEASTERN

ANATOLIAN REGION

MOUNT ARARAT THROUGHOUT HISTORY

“NOAH’S ARK” DOCUMENTARY

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MOUNT ARARAT IN TERMS OF CULTURAL HISTORY

THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MOUNT ARARAT

AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN TERMS OF FAITH TOURISM

ANİ: THE MOST IMPORTANT CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL CITY IN

THE MOUNT ARARAT REGION

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SILK AND SPICE TRADE ROUTE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CULTURAL HISTORY AND ECONOMY OF MOUNT ARARAT REGIONS

ASHURE (NOAH’S PUDDING): ANATOLIA’S OLDEST AND MOST AUTHENTIC DISH