The story of the universal flood appears in the literature of several other ancient near eastern cultures including the literature of the Sumerians, the Babylonians and the Greeks. (54 min.)
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The story of the universal flood appears in the literature of several other ancient near eastern cultures including the literature of the Sumerians, the Babylonians and the Greeks. In this fourth lecture in Dr. David Neiman’s eight-part series on the book of Genesis, Dr. Neiman explains what differentiates the Biblical account of the flood from those of other cultures.
By analyzing the sociopolitical environment that existed during the Biblical period, Dr. Neiman opens up a new dimension of the understanding of the classic biblical stories.
