Never Again Will a Flood Destroy the Earth

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisGod Announces the Flood That Will Swallow All FleshThe Flood is named at last. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 6:17) renders God's announcement: "I, behold, I bring a flood of waters upon the earth to swallow

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisThe Wind of Mercies That Dried the FloodTargum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 8:1) turns the tide of the story with a phrase the Hebrew does not quite say. And the Lord in His Word remembered Noah, and t

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisThe Mountaintops Appear in the Month of TammuzTargum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 8:5) tracks the waters like a patient sailor counting days. The Aramaic says that the waters went and diminished until the te

The Midrash of PhiloThe Nagging Injustice Behind the Great FloodThat feeling, that nagging sense of injustice, it's not new. Not by a long shot. In fact, it’s a question that echoes all the way back to the very beginning, to

The Midrash of PhiloPhilo Reads the Flood as Allegory of the Number FifteenThe Torah tells us, in (Genesis 7:19), about the flood: “And the water overflowed fifteen cubits above all the highest mountains.” Simple enough The first readi

The Midrash of PhiloWas the Breath That Ended the Flood Wind or SpiritThe familiar story is this: Noah, the ark, the animals, and the rain that just wouldn't stop. But what about that crucial moment when the waters finally receded

Never Again Will a Flood Destroy the Earth

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