RE: Literal belief in the flood story
April 22, 2014 at 6:48 pm
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2014 at 6:50 pm by Wyrd of Gawd.)
As I've written before, the Noah flood story is a metaphor for the Assyrians/Babylonians or even Persians sweeping across the Middle East and destroying everything. And like a real flood of water
they were irresistible. Noah was able to hold out because he was able to fortify his position and collaborated with another foreign power.
As for babies remember the threat in Zephaniah chapter 1, in which the god character (an Assyrian, Babylonian, or Persian emperor) says that he's going to kill everything in the area, including the birds and the fish.
So was the Noah fable written after the Zephaniah threat?
they were irresistible. Noah was able to hold out because he was able to fortify his position and collaborated with another foreign power.
As for babies remember the threat in Zephaniah chapter 1, in which the god character (an Assyrian, Babylonian, or Persian emperor) says that he's going to kill everything in the area, including the birds and the fish.
So was the Noah fable written after the Zephaniah threat?
