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Did Noah's Flood happen?
Flood narratives are widespread in ancient Mesopotamian literature. Scholars differ sharply on whether the biblical account reflects a regional event, a literary tradition, or both.
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How it is argued
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Regional-event reading
A catastrophic local flood remembered and retold across cultures.
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Literary-tradition reading
A theological reworking of earlier Mesopotamian flood epics such as Atrahasis and Gilgamesh.
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