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The flood and global warming: Who is responsible?
The flood and global warming: Who is responsible?

Author(s): Mark Geller
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Jewish Thought and Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: The flood and global warming: Who is responsible?

Summary/Abstract: The essential difference between ancient versions of the Flood (including the biblical Noah account) is whether mankind brought the cataclysm on itself through immoral behaviour. In a second disaster story of the Tower of Babel, misuse of technology was responsible for the Tower’s failure. Both of these narratives may be represented on a unique Babylonian mappa mundi, which might also show the topography of biblical Eden.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 74-86
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English