Does anyone know a good resource that discusses in detail how the various flood myths found throughout the world relate to the Biblical Flood story?
This looks promising: http://www.amazon.com/Flood-Legends-Charles-Martin/dp/0890515530/
I, also, notice that this was in pre-pub: https://www.logos.com/product/40895/noah-the-real-story
also try this book: http://www.amazon.com/Flood-Legends-Charles-Martin/dp/0890515530
also try this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Flood-Legends-Charles-Martin/dp/0890515530
Thanks. I actually just bought this book. I will have it in my hands tomorrow. [:)]
Maybe we can learn something from Vizinni, master of logic and reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2y40U2LvKY -short version- for the impatient desiring a crash course in reasoning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_eZmEiyTo0 -better version to supercharge your reasoning skills. Not for the faint-hearted.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”; and again, “The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are useless.” So then let no one boast in men.1 Co 3:19–21
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I found an interesting article (dated Jan. 2014) on the Biblical Archaeology Society's website. It talks about an Old Babylonian clay tablet that contains a flood story. The Noah-like hero is given detailed instructions on building a life-saving ark and placing animals aboard this ark "two each, two-by-two".
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/hebrew-bible/the-animals-went-in-two-by-two-according-to-babylonian-ark-tablet/
I was, also, reading through many of the flood myths on the talkorigins website that someone provided earlier in this thread. Some of these flood stories seem to have no glaring parallels to the Biblical account, but this one African myth stood out like a sore thumb: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html#Masai
Tumbainot, a righteous man, had a wife named Naipande and three sons, Oshomo, Bartimaro, and Barmao. When his brother Lengerni died, Tumbainot, according to custom, married the widow Nahaba-logunja, who bore him three more sons, but they argued about her refusal to give him a drink of milk in the evening, and she set up her own homestead. The world was heavily populated in those days, but the people were sinful and not mindful of God. However, they refrained from murder, until at last a man named Nambija hit another named Suage on the head. At this, God resolved to destroy mankind, except Tumbainot found grace in His eyes. God commanded Tumbainot to build an ark of wood and enter it with his two wives, six sons and their wives, and some of animals of every sort. When they were all aboard and provisioned, God caused a great long rain which caused a flood, and all other men and beasts drowned. The ark drifted for a long time, and provisions began to run low. The rain finally stopped, and Tumbainot let loose a dove to ascertain the state of the flood. The dove returned tired, so Tumbainot knew it had found no place to rest. Several days later, he loosed a vulture, but first he attached an arrow to one of its tail feathers so that, if the bird landed, the arrow would hook on something and be lost. The vulture returned that evening without the arrow, so Tumbainot reasoned that it must have landed on carrion, and that the flood was receding. When the water ran away, the ark grounded on the steppe, and its occupants disembarked. Tumbainot saw four rainbows, one in each quarter of the sky, signifying that God's wrath was over.
I found some more Logos resources that address this topic. Some of you may find this interesting.
The Bible and Spade collection produced by the Associates for Biblical Research has a four part article on Genesis and ANE creation and flood myths. They can be found in the Winter 1996 edition of Bible and Spade. However, you can also view the articles for free on their website.
Genesis and Ancient Near Eastern Stories of Creation and Flood: Part 1
Genesis and Ancient Near Eastern Stories of Creation and Flood: Part 2
Genesis and Ancient Near Eastern Stories of Creation and Flood: Part 3
Genesis and Ancient Near Eastern Stories of Creation and Flood: Part 4
Please post any more Logos resources if you know of any. Thanks.
Wow...just found this chart in the Faithlife Study Bible.
I really like charts, they really help you visualize content. Here is a chart found in the Lexham Bible Dictionary.
This information was gleaned from Wenham's Word Biblical Commentary on Genesis. Which I also own on Logos. Wenham's article was interesting, especially since he included the entire translation of Tablet 11 from the Epic of Gilgamesh. I really need to buy the ANET!
