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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 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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<li>What can one learn from the literary <a href="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>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 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>

Version as of 12:22, 18 June 2017

Parashat Noach – Opening Questions

  • Is there any relationship between the Torah's account of the Flood and Mesopotamian flood myths?
  • 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?
  • What can one learn from the literary 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?