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In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrahamic_religions Abrahamic religions], '''Noah''' (/ˈnoʊ.ə/[1]), or Noé or Noach (Hebrew: נֹחַ, נוֹחַ, Modern Noaẖ, Tiberian Nōăḥ; Syriac: Nukh; Arabic: نُوح Nūḥ; Ancient Greek: Νῶε), was the tenth and last of the pre-flood Patriarchs. The story of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark Noah's Ark] is told in the Torah in the [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] flood narrative. The biblical account is followed by the story of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham Curse of Canaan].
Besides the [[Book of Genesis]], Noah is also mentioned in [[First Book of Chronicles|1st Chronicles]], [[Book of Tobit|Tobit]], Wisdom, Sirach, Isaiah, Ezekiel, the [[Gospel of Matthew]], the [[Gospel of Luke]], the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]], 1st Peter and 2nd Peter. He was the subject of much elaboration in the literature of later Abrahamic religions, including the Quran (Sura 71).
==Quote==
The Hebrew priests in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity Babylonian captivity] sought to trace
the Jewish people back to [[Adam]], they found great difficulty in piecing the story together; and it occurred to
one of them to [[abandon]] the [[effort]], to let the whole world drown in its wickedness at the time of Noah’s
flood, and thus to be in a better position to trace [[Abraham]] right back to one of the three surviving sons of
Noah.
The [[traditions]] of a time when water covered the whole of the earth’s surface are [[universal]].
Many [[races]] harbor the story of a world-wide flood some time during past ages. The Biblical story of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark Noah,
the ark, and the flood] is an [[invention]] of the Hebrew [[priesthood]] during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity Babylonian captivity]. There has
never been a universal flood since life was established on [[Urantia]]. The only time the surface of the earth
was completely covered by water was during those [[Paper 59|Archeozoic ages]] before the land had begun to appear.
But Noah really lived; he was a wine maker of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aram_%28biblical_region%29 Aram], a river settlement near [http://www.britannica.com/place/Erech Erech]. He kept a
written record of the days of the river’s rise from year to year. He brought much ridicule upon himself by
going up and down the river valley advocating that all houses be built of wood, boat fashion, and that the
family [[animals]] be put on board each night as the flood season approached. He would go to the neighboring
river settlements every year and warn them that in so many days the floods would come. Finally a year
came in which the annual floods were greatly augmented by unusually heavy rainfall so that the sudden
rise of the waters wiped out the entire village; only Noah and his immediate [[family]] were saved in their
houseboat. - [[78:7|see The Floods in Mesopotamia]]
[[Category: History]]
In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrahamic_religions Abrahamic religions], '''Noah''' (/ˈnoʊ.ə/[1]), or Noé or Noach (Hebrew: נֹחַ, נוֹחַ, Modern Noaẖ, Tiberian Nōăḥ; Syriac: Nukh; Arabic: نُوح Nūḥ; Ancient Greek: Νῶε), was the tenth and last of the pre-flood Patriarchs. The story of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark Noah's Ark] is told in the Torah in the [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] flood narrative. The biblical account is followed by the story of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham Curse of Canaan].
Besides the [[Book of Genesis]], Noah is also mentioned in [[First Book of Chronicles|1st Chronicles]], [[Book of Tobit|Tobit]], Wisdom, Sirach, Isaiah, Ezekiel, the [[Gospel of Matthew]], the [[Gospel of Luke]], the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]], 1st Peter and 2nd Peter. He was the subject of much elaboration in the literature of later Abrahamic religions, including the Quran (Sura 71).
==Quote==
The Hebrew priests in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity Babylonian captivity] sought to trace
the Jewish people back to [[Adam]], they found great difficulty in piecing the story together; and it occurred to
one of them to [[abandon]] the [[effort]], to let the whole world drown in its wickedness at the time of Noah’s
flood, and thus to be in a better position to trace [[Abraham]] right back to one of the three surviving sons of
Noah.
The [[traditions]] of a time when water covered the whole of the earth’s surface are [[universal]].
Many [[races]] harbor the story of a world-wide flood some time during past ages. The Biblical story of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark Noah,
the ark, and the flood] is an [[invention]] of the Hebrew [[priesthood]] during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity Babylonian captivity]. There has
never been a universal flood since life was established on [[Urantia]]. The only time the surface of the earth
was completely covered by water was during those [[Paper 59|Archeozoic ages]] before the land had begun to appear.
But Noah really lived; he was a wine maker of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aram_%28biblical_region%29 Aram], a river settlement near [http://www.britannica.com/place/Erech Erech]. He kept a
written record of the days of the river’s rise from year to year. He brought much ridicule upon himself by
going up and down the river valley advocating that all houses be built of wood, boat fashion, and that the
family [[animals]] be put on board each night as the flood season approached. He would go to the neighboring
river settlements every year and warn them that in so many days the floods would come. Finally a year
came in which the annual floods were greatly augmented by unusually heavy rainfall so that the sudden
rise of the waters wiped out the entire village; only Noah and his immediate [[family]] were saved in their
houseboat. - [[78:7|see The Floods in Mesopotamia]]
[[Category: History]]