Episode 1. The Genesis Flood: Sources and Mesopotamian Background
Is the story of Noah's flood based on the Epic of Gilgamesh? How can different sources be identified in Genesis? Find out what scholars have to say about the formation of the flood story in Genesis.
Chapters:
00:00 Logo
00:05 Prologue (Tablets in the Desert)
01:49 Part 1: The Flood Before Genesis
07:49 Part 2: The Formation of the Genesis Flood Story
10:32 Part 3: Analyzing the Text of Genesis
20:02 Part 4: Connecting the P and J Sources
26:21 Conclusion
27:30 Credits
Related blog posts:
⦾ Reading the Fractures of Genesis: Noah's Flood
https://isthatinthebible.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/reading-the-fractures-of-genesis-noahs-flood/
⦾ Noah's Flood: Competing Visions of a Mesopotamian Tradition
https://isthatinthebible.wordpress.com/2021/04/07/noahs-flood-competing-visions-of-a-mesopotamian-tradition/
Transcript of this video:
https://isthatinthebible.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/tibr-episode-01-the-genesis-flood-story-sources-and-mesopotamian-background.pdf
Genesis flood story broken down into parallel sources (PDF document):
https://isthatinthebible.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/fractures-of-genesis-e28093-noahs-flood-1.1.pdf
Academic works cited in this video:
⦾ Carr, David M., Reading the Fractures of Genesis: Historical and Literary Approaches, 1996
Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2fHIhi0
⦾ Petersen, David L., “The Genesis of Genesis”, Congress Volume Ljubjana 2007, 2009
⦾ Ska, Jean-Louis, Introduction to Reading the Pentateuch, 2006
Amazon link: https://amzn.to/3sZr9oW
⦾ Tigay, Jeffrey, The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic,1982
Amazon link: https://amzn.to/3wuQUQt
Correction: The word “ground” in Genesis 6:6 that appears around the 12:00 mark should actually be “earth”. Thanks to John Kesler for spotting it.