Why the story of Noah’s Ark seems timelier than ever
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Noah’s Ark
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Culture Jews didn’t cause Hurricane Milton, but kind of did control the weather in biblical times
As flash floods threaten St. Petersburg, Florida, we consider Noah, the ark and how Jews pray for rain
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Fast Forward Jimmy Carter is 100. In biblical times, that’s a teenager.
Methuselah holds the record at 969, but lifespans dropped significantly after Noah and the flood. Here’s why
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Art In a joyous and colorful reimagination of Noah’s Ark, a vision for a new kind of Judaism
Yulia Iosilzon's paintings transform Jewish symbols into a vibrant, morphing vision of the world
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Community In the story of Noah, a model of partnership with God
The Torah inherited a Mesopotamian cultural consensus that a Great Deluge had wiped out almost all of humanity. In the Gilgamesh epic, the gods (Anu and Enlil) inflict this catastrophe arbitrarily in a display of their power, but later defend their actions both as deserved punishment and designed to curb population growth. According to the…
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Fast Forward Owners Of Noah’s Ark Replica Sue Insurance Company Over Rain Damage
The owners of a Kentucky theme park featuring a replica of the biblical Noah’s Ark are suing its insurance company over rain damage to the property, the Deseret News reported Sunday. Ark Encounter’s main attraction is a 510-foot-tall replica of the ark based on the specifications offered in the Book of Genesis. But the park…
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Life How Can Men Help End Rape Culture? By Emulating Abraham.
As I read through the growing stream of #MeToo posts last week, I was among the many men unsure of how to respond. The experiences behind each post describing sexual harassment; some horrific, others horrifically commonplace, reflect a state of our culture that must reckon with how we allow men to treat women. Lest we…
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Fast Forward Washington’s New Bible Museum Is Long On Torahs — But Short On Jesus
The new Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., is chock full of Torahs and cutting edge technology, but lacks the evangelical touch that many were expecting, the Washington Post reported. The $500 million museum, which opens next month, is funded primarily by the Green family, which owns Hobby Lobby, a conservative Christian group that…
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