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<li>Is there any relationship between the Torah's account of the Flood and <a href="The Mabbul and Mesopotamian Myths" data-aht="page">Mesopotamian flood myths</a>?</li> | <li>Is there any relationship between the Torah's account of the Flood and <a href="The Mabbul and Mesopotamian Myths" data-aht="page">Mesopotamian flood myths</a>?</li> | ||
| + | <li>What can one learn from the <a href="The Flood Story: Undoing and Redoing Creation" data-aht="page">parallels</a> between the flood story and the creation narrative?</li> | ||
| + | <li>If Cham "saw" Noach's nakeness, why was <a href="Cursing Canaan" data-aht="page">Canaan cursed</a>?</li> | ||
| + | <li>What does it mean to be a "גִבֹּר צַיִד לִפְנֵי ה'" and what does this teach about <a href="Nimrod" data-aht="page">Nimrod's character</a>?</li> | ||
<li>What was the goal of the people involved in <a href="Deconstructing Migdal Bavel" data-aht="page">building the Tower of Bavel</a>, and why did Hashem feel a need to foil their plans?</li> | <li>What was the goal of the people involved in <a href="Deconstructing Migdal Bavel" data-aht="page">building the Tower of Bavel</a>, and why did Hashem feel a need to foil their plans?</li> | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:26, 19 June 2017
Parashat Noach – Opening Questions
- Is there any relationship between the Torah's account of the Flood and Mesopotamian flood myths?
- What can one learn from the parallels between the flood story and the creation narrative?
- If Cham "saw" Noach's nakeness, why was Canaan cursed?
- What does it mean to be a "גִבֹּר צַיִד לִפְנֵי ה'" and what does this teach about Nimrod's character?
- What was the goal of the people involved in building the Tower of Bavel, and why did Hashem feel a need to foil their plans?
