Talk:Gopher wood

About the Gopherwood Range Theory as edited...

Gopher Wood Test Result

Biologists know that gophers are found only in the Western Hemisphere, primarily in North America. The gopher tortoise species Gopherus polyphemus is its eldest endangered species living in a certain Southeastern U.S. range. Also living within this range is the resilient Southern live oak species Quercus virginiana being the stongest wood for building ships. Its naturally-curved massive branches were used exclusively in shipbuilding hulls and beams by the U.S. Navy. "Old Ironsides", the oldest commissioned ship still afloat in the world, is built from these Southeastern U.S. gopher's wood's forests. University of North Texas initial ark core sample test indicated the Bible's "gopher wood" (variant "gopherwood") being the same species in USS Constitution's frame. This endangered species was classified Quercus virginiana by Philip Miller, botanist. Biologists studied three of the four known Gopherus living species G. agassizii, G. berlandieri and G. flavomarginatus after the test. However, all three were found ranging in non-forested desert areas. Under study are ancient stone anchors similar to 5,000-year-old anchors found at Bimini and the Middle East. They are commonly found in U.S. Gulf Coast ancient hurricane flood zones as mapped by Cayce Enterprises, Inc.

"Gopher Wood Test Result". North Texas Daily. August 30, 1999 AD. p. l. http://www.ntdaily.com/home/archives/. 

Thank you.

Garry Denke 17:00, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Gopher Wood

It is a species of tree that grows only in Blountstown Florida. Which would support the scientific idea of "Pangea". If not familiar with it, the land masses were once a part of a super land mass. Wrap your minds around that. I found this out while doing research for a book (not yet published).

D.I.Kennedy-Hillis

No it's not, you're talking about a tree called Torreya Taxifolia that some lunatic named Callaway (http://www.revelation2seven.org/WebPages/SideLinks/EdenInGeorgia.htm) thinks is the same thing as the original Gopher wood from the text in the bible. There's no relation between the two any more than there is between gopherwood and any random kind of wood. Also, don't talk about Pangea when we're only talking about a few millennia ago. Nothingist (talk) 09:56, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

I am curious as to the nature of this book you are publishing. Your mentioning of Pangaea in relation to Biblical mythology is somewhat unsettling. 99.66.154.81 (talk) 07:43, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

How do we know that?

Quoting the article: "Other suggestions include pine, cedar, fir, ebony, wicker, juniper, acacia, boxwood, slimed bulrushes and resinous wood, and even American trees such as Cladrastis kentukea (American yellowwood), although this type of gopherwood has no known relation to the material of Noah's Ark."

The bolded bit suggests that some of the other suggested woods have a known relation to the material of the Ark.  ??? Wanderer57 (talk) 18:53, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

I think this just means that it's improbable for tree from the American continent to be used since there was no way of obtaining it in a usable quantity back then?--Revth (talk) 03:13, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I agree with Wandered57. I've changed the article to reflect that. Nothingist (talk) 09:57, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

New theory: GOPHER is an Aramaic word for WATERPROOFING involving sulphur and bitumen.

The word GOPHER (Strong's 1613) has been a mystery for many years. There has never been a species of tree that matches to this designation, and since it appears only once in the entire scriptures, it has been very difficult to discern. I believe a credible answer is found in ARAMAIC. Jastrow's Dictionary*, page 263 shows the entry to mean "to make water-tight", "sulphur [or bitumen, pitch]".

The Hebrews were not shipbuilders. The famous shipbuilders were to the north, in Lebanon, closer to the center of the Aramaic world. I believe Yahweh was instructing Noah to build a boat with WATERPROOFED wood. Further evidence comes from a book on EMULSIONS** which explain that the word bitumen is what we call asphalt in the US. Combining bitumen and sulphur make it a longlasting waterproofing emulsion.

I know from working in the rubber chemical industry supporting the tire business that SULFUR was the key ingredient to make rubber sap solidify to the product we know as RUBBER. So, a WATERPROOFING product made of sulphur and bitumen seems like a very credible answer.

• Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, Marcus Jastrow 1945, reprinted in 2005, Hendrickson Publishers.

• • Emulsions and emulsion stability, Johan Sjöblom, 2005 CRC Press. More information on emulsions can be found online by typing the combination SULFUR BITUMEN EMULSIONS.

I published this as part of my blog post at www.AncientRootsBible.com, ARTB Bible Blog 2.21.11, Solving the mystery of GOPHER wood. You can review other related blogs at the website.

1frances (talk) 16:09, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello, you may perhaps not be familiar with out "No Original Research" policy, which basically states that wikipedia is not the place to pioneer new theories. Best to keep it on your blog for now. Cheers, Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 16:38, 21 March 2011 (UTC)