Sacred Event: The Story of the Great Flood



Abstract

Great Flood accounts from all over the world are recognized as historical account or myth in almost every area on earth. In the great myth of Christian tradition, one of the best acknowledged accounts from the Old Testimony is the account of Noah and his ship, and how they all survived from God's Great Flood. This account is a general one in Middle Eastern society. The biblical account of Noah and the ark he created to save his group and creatures from the flood is just one description of an ancient legend from Mesopotamia. Comparable accounts come into view wherever populace have encountered floods. Some researchers consider that recollections of real tragedies, for example the vicious and random flood that took place alongside Mesopotamia's Tigris and Euphrates Tributary, bring about legendary records of terrible rainfalls and floods.

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Discussion4

Noah's Flood4

Noah's Ark and the Inundation - Story Outline4

Points of Interest from the Account7

Manifestation8

Noah's Flood: Why the Bible Teaches It Was a Real Incident in History.9

Conclusion9

References11

Sacred Event: The Story of the Great Flood

Introduction

The account of a Great Flood derived by God to devastate society is an action of godly revenge. It is a general matter amongst many cultural legends. In addition, the level of damage is frequently so great as to encourage populace to see that it is the effort of Divinity. It is best acknowledged from the bible story of Noah, but there are some other well-known accounts, for example accounts of Matsya in the Hindu Puranas, Deucalion in Greek legends, and Utnapishtim in the classic of Gilgamesh. It is one of the most general stories of a Great Flood that took place in the past. The bible description of Noah and the ark he created to save his group and creatures from the deluge is just one description of a much older legend from Mesopotamia. Comparable accounts come into view wherever populace have encountered floods. Some researchers consider that reminiscences of real tragedies, for example the vicious and random flood that took place alongside Mesopotamia's Tigris and Euphrates Tributary, bring about legendary records of disastrous rainfalls and floods. These narratives offer implication and rationale to actions in the world. In legends, inundations turn out to be part of a series of devastation and regeneration (Alfred, 1951).

In Christian and Judeo myths, one of the greatest acknowledged accounts from the Old Testimony is the tale of Noah and his ship, and how they survived from God's Great Inundation. This narrative is a general one all through many middle-eastern accounts, both long-ago and recent. The most prominent of these is in the primitive Mesopotamian myths, with the version of Utnapishtim and his story of continued existence of the god's anger. Despite the fact that, both are notifying what is implicit to be a story of the same occurrence, there are many commonalities in addition to differentiations in certain facts of the narrative.Discussion

Noah's Flood

The Bible account of Noah, the Ark and the Great Flood is ...