Understanding Genesis
Nahum M. Sarna
1966
The New Creation
The connection between Creation and the Flood is a very real one in biblical theology, especially in the biblical interpretation of human history. Reference has already been made to the fact that in both Mesopotamian and Hebrew traditions, the Flood episode constitutes an epochal juncture in the history of the world. But this is…
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Going home on airless Elbow Street,
at three o’clock in the morning.
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