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A Study of The Interpretation of Noah and The Flood in Jewish and Christian Literature
A Study of the Interpretation of Noah and the Flood in Jewish and Christian Literature A Study of the Interpretation of Noah and the Flood in Jewish and Christian Literature
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First published August 1, 1978
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Jack P. Lewis
34 books2 followersJack Pearl Lewis was an American Bible scholar affiliated with the Churches of Christ.
He earned a Ph.D. in New Testament from Harvard University in 1953 and a Ph.D. in Old Testament from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1962. For 50 years, Lewis taught Bible and biblical languages first at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, and then at Harding School of Theology in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was named professor emeritus upon his retirement.
He authored over 223 articles in scholarly and church publications and published more than twenty-five books. He died in Memphis, Tennessee on at the age of 99.
He earned a Ph.D. in New Testament from Harvard University in 1953 and a Ph.D. in Old Testament from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1962. For 50 years, Lewis taught Bible and biblical languages first at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, and then at Harding School of Theology in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was named professor emeritus upon his retirement.
He authored over 223 articles in scholarly and church publications and published more than twenty-five books. He died in Memphis, Tennessee on at the age of 99.
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June 19, 2024
When I was looking for books about the Noah's flood tradition, this book kept coming up. I was looking mainly for rabbinic tradition about the universality of the flood, and the chapter on that was somewhat disappointing. The author gave fair warning that these traditions were hardly coherent, and to be fair he did give fair warning as to this fact, and stated from the outset that his goal was to simply state a fair samples of the opinions. The later rabbis (2nd and 3rd centuries) gave some statements consistent with the universality of the flood, but the first century rabbis were less consistent. Rabbi Johanan (1st century) did say the flood covered Mt. Gerizim, but not the land of Israel!
The rest of the material was truly excellent in many ways. I had not heard of pseudo-Philo before, and I do need to check out his work. Philo was covered in detail. I was somewhat disappointed in the coverage of Josephus. Josephus in the main makes statements consistent with a universal flood, but he does make a couple of statements inconsistent with a universal flood. One of these is a report of a statement by Berosus, so it may not represent Josephus's opinion.
The rest of the material was truly excellent in many ways. I had not heard of pseudo-Philo before, and I do need to check out his work. Philo was covered in detail. I was somewhat disappointed in the coverage of Josephus. Josephus in the main makes statements consistent with a universal flood, but he does make a couple of statements inconsistent with a universal flood. One of these is a report of a statement by Berosus, so it may not represent Josephus's opinion.
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