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Society for Interdisciplinary Studies

CHRONOLOGY & CATASTROPHISM WORKSHOP

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1989, Number 1

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SOCIETY NEWS		1
ARTICLES
Planetary Identities: II, The Mythology of Homer	by Dwardu Cardona	4
The Ramesside Star Tables and Reade's Venus Tablet Reconstruction	by John D. Weir	7
The Hebrew Patriarchs in Greek Tradition' (I)	by Anthony H. Rees	12
Punctuated Darwinism	by Jill Abery	17
FORUM		21
On the dating of the El-Amarna period with questions from Derek Shelley-Pearce, Anthony Chavasse & Anthony Rees and answers from Bernard Newgrosh & David Rohl		20
On Eric Crew's core ejection hypothesis with comments from C. Leroy Ellenberger and response from Eric Crew		26
FOCUS: On the Eocene Climate Puzzle		27
MONITOR: * Blow for Milankovitch Theory * Volcanic Mass Extinction * Polar Region Dinosaurs * 14C Dating Disarray * New Bone Dating Method * Diamond Dating Anomalies * Modern Maize by Mutation * Asteroid Phaethon an Extinct Comet? * C-T Impact Evidence * Chaotic Solar System * Cretaceous Catastrophe * Venus Oceans * New Venus Heat Problem * Incredible Star Turn * Evolutionary Rethink? * Catastrophism Reappraised * Stable Solar System * Lunar Magnetism * Tectonic Trouble * Coelacanth Phenomenon? * Rapid Field Reversals * Brave New Heresies		28
REVIEWS:
Nemesis for the Dinosaurs		32
The Pattern of the Past		34
BRIEFING: Death Knell for Sothic Dating
LETTERS from H. Tresman, A. Beal, C. L. Ellenberger, E. W. Crew, D. Rohl, T. Lawrence, A. Chavasse, G. Heinsohn, & D. P. Shelley-Pearce		35

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CHRONOLOGY & CATASTROPHISM WORKSHOP is intended to provide a forum for the ongoing debate in the related subjects of revised chronologies, Biblical studies, mythology, astronomy, catastrophist geology and evolution. In its aim of increasing the possibilities for the exchange of ideas and information within the Society's membership, CHRONOLOGY & CATASTROPHISM WORKSHOP can be of great value for relaying snippets of information, members opinions, reviews of relevant news and articles, and in general for keeping members informed of anything which is going on and likely to be of interest in fields of chronology and catastrophism. The Editor relies on regular feedback by way of contributions for publication. The views expressed in these pages are not necessarily those of the Society; nor can the Society vouch for the accuracy of statements of fact (outside the immediate sphere of Society business) or of interpretations contained herein. ISSN 0951-5984. Society for Interdisciplinary Studies