Flood in Jewish Mythology

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The great deluge, the building of the ark, the raven and the dove, and the covenant of the rainbow that followed.
Myth 6 min

Noah May Eat Meat but Not the Blood of Life

God handed Noah the animals to eat and then stopped him at the bowl. A beast that kills a man is the smaller danger. A brother knows where to strike.

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Myth 5 min

Noah's Household Kept Apart While the World Drowned

Rain hit the pitch like thrown gravel. Noah stood in the corridor and told his sons this was a house of mourning, not a bridal chamber.

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Parshat Noach 5 min

Giants Stormed the Ark While the Rain Came Down Boiling

Heaven had sentenced the world to erasure, and when the scalding rain fell the giants of Noah's generation charged the ark and clawed for a seam.

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Parshat Bereshit 6 min

Mahaway Flew Beyond the Firmament to Beg Enoch for Mercy

The giant sons of the Watchers dream of a flood that erases their kind and send Mahaway winging to Enoch to beg mercy heaven has already refused.

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Parshat Noach 6 min

Noah Cut the World Into Lots and Madai Refused His

Noah drew the drained earth into lots and bound his sons with a curse. The first man to break that oath did it out of distaste for cold water.

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Parshat Noach 6 min

Philo Found a Body in the Ark and a Drowning Mind in the Flood

In Alexandria, Philo takes the ark's measurements and finds a human body, then watches the same water rise inside a mind that stopped ruling.

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Parshat Noach 6 min

Noah Covered the Blood and God Hung the Bow in the Cloud

The ram's blood ran into a hollow the flood had scoured. Noah went down on his knees and buried it before his sons could eat.

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