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<blockquote data-quote="suaveflooder" data-source="post: 12155737" data-attributes="member: 43389"><p>I'm interested to know who this "wise man" was, because I hate to say, he is not so wise.</p><p></p><p>I have 5 minutes to write, so I will keep this pretty brief. Looking at it from a literary work ONLY and not from a religious standpoint, I can tell you there was a flood and there was a prominent family that made it through the flood. Any other detail is pretty much open to the narrator.</p><p></p><p>I mentioned this (I can't remember if it was here or the other thread going right now) before, but Genesis is an example of oral literature that most likely told by the equivalent of the west african Griot (I use this term because it's easy to look up on google to see what they are) an later written down. Since MOST cultures do have some version of "Noah's Ark" the chance that a huge flood happened is pretty likely. I'm sure the names change and the reasons change and the lessons learned change depending on the culture, but it probably happened (In fact I'm about to read the Epic of Gilgamesh in which there is a "Noah" character...or so I'm told). The details tend to be what the narrator takes creative liberty on. Was there a world wide flood? Maybe, but it could have just been a massive widespread flood. Was Noah the only one to survive? Maybe, or there was point the narrator was trying to achieve in telling of a one family survival story. There is always a point to the narrative. There ARE facts in them, it's just the "fluff" that changes depending on society at the time and culture.</p><p></p><p>CONTEXT and the STYLE OF LITERATURE!!!!! It is so important!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="suaveflooder, post: 12155737, member: 43389"] I'm interested to know who this "wise man" was, because I hate to say, he is not so wise. I have 5 minutes to write, so I will keep this pretty brief. Looking at it from a literary work ONLY and not from a religious standpoint, I can tell you there was a flood and there was a prominent family that made it through the flood. Any other detail is pretty much open to the narrator. I mentioned this (I can't remember if it was here or the other thread going right now) before, but Genesis is an example of oral literature that most likely told by the equivalent of the west african Griot (I use this term because it's easy to look up on google to see what they are) an later written down. Since MOST cultures do have some version of "Noah's Ark" the chance that a huge flood happened is pretty likely. I'm sure the names change and the reasons change and the lessons learned change depending on the culture, but it probably happened (In fact I'm about to read the Epic of Gilgamesh in which there is a "Noah" character...or so I'm told). The details tend to be what the narrator takes creative liberty on. Was there a world wide flood? Maybe, but it could have just been a massive widespread flood. Was Noah the only one to survive? Maybe, or there was point the narrator was trying to achieve in telling of a one family survival story. There is always a point to the narrative. There ARE facts in them, it's just the "fluff" that changes depending on society at the time and culture. CONTEXT and the STYLE OF LITERATURE!!!!! It is so important! [/QUOTE]
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