Noah Ark
(Bible)
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According to the Bible, Noah's Ark was a massive vessel
built at God's command to save Noah, his family, and a core
stock of the world's animals from the Great Flood. The
story is contained in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old
Testament's book of Genesis, chapters 6 to 9.
According to the predominant view in postmodern textual
criticism?the documentary hypothesis?the Ark story told in
Genesis is based on two originally quasi-independent
sources, and did not reach its present form until the 5th
century BC. According to this hypothesis, the process of
composition over many centuries helps to explain apparent
confusion and repetition in the text. Many Orthodox Jews,
and traditional Christians and Muslims reject this
analysis, holding that the Ark story is true, that it has a
single author, and that any perceived inadequacies can be
explained rationally.
The Ark story told in Genesis has parallels in the Sumerian
myth of Ziusudra, which tells how a carpenter was warned by
God to build a vessel in which to escape a flood sent by
Him. Less exact parallels are found in other cultures from
around the world. Indeed, the deluge story is one of the
most common topics across the globe, leading both sceptics
and believers to see this trend as proof of their position.
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