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<h2 name="">Introduction</h2>
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Commentators as early as Philo,<fn>See his Questions and Answers on Genesis 2:13,14,17,31,51,56, and 66.</fn> have noted many similarities between the Flood narrative of Bereshit 6-9 and the description of Creation in Bereshit 1-2.<fn>Cassuto points to several of the similarities throughout his commentary on the story; see, for instance, his comments on 8:1,13,22. See also N. Sarna, Understanding Genesis (New York, 1966): 56 and numerous recent articles which list and analyze the parallels. See R. Z. Weitman, "הבריאה החדשה", Alon Shevut 78 (1980): 27-38, J. Berman, ""המחדש בטובו מעשה בראשית, Megadim 9 (1990): 9-14, Y. Hershkovitz, "דכר ונקבה ברא אותם – עיון מחודש בפרשת המבול", Megadim 34 (2002): 9-25, Y. Grossman, <a href="http://www.etzion.org.il/vbm/archive/4-parsha/02noach.php" data-aht="other">"בין העולם הראשון והשני"</a>, and E. Mayer, <a href="http://parshathemes.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/parshat-noach-creation-unzipped/" data-aht="other">"Creation Unzipped"</a>.</fn> Some of the parallels are inverted and highlight how the Flood reversed the process of creation, while others are direct parallels which demonstrate how the re-establishment of the world after the deluge mirrored the original creation.
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Commentators as early as Philo,<fn>See his Questions and Answers on Genesis 2:13,14,17,31,51,56, and 66.</fn> have noted many similarities between the Flood narrative of Bereshit 6-9 and the description of Creation in Bereshit 1-2.<fn>Cassuto points to several of the similarities throughout his commentary on the story; see, for instance, his comments on 8:1,13,22. See also N. Sarna, Understanding Genesis (New York, 1966): 56 and numerous recent articles which list and analyze the parallels. See R. Z. Weitman, "הבריאה החדשה", Alon Shevut 78 (1980): 27-38, J. Berman, "המחדש בטובו מעשה בראשית", Megadim 9 (1990): 9-14, Y. Hershkovitz, "זכר ונקבה ברא אותם – עיון מחודש בפרשת המבול", Megadim 34 (2002): 9-25, Y. Grossman, <a href="http://www.etzion.org.il/vbm/archive/4-parsha/02noach.php" data-aht="other">"בין העולם הראשון והשני"</a>, and E. Mayer, <a href="http://parshathemes.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/parshat-noach-creation-unzipped/" data-aht="other">"Creation Unzipped"</a>.</fn> Some of the parallels are inverted and highlight how the Flood reversed the process of creation, while others are direct parallels which demonstrate how the re-establishment of the world after the deluge mirrored the original creation.
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The Flood Story: Undoing and Redoing Creation
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Introduction
Commentators as early as Philo,1 have noted many similarities between the Flood narrative of Bereshit 6-9 and the description of Creation in Bereshit 1-2.2 Some of the parallels are inverted and highlight how the Flood reversed the process of creation, while others are direct parallels which demonstrate how the re-establishment of the world after the deluge mirrored the original creation.
