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Philip C. Almond, "Noah and the Flood in Western Thought" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
·50 min·5 clips
Philip Almond explains why Noah's flood was seen as a second creation story, reshaping early scientific questions.
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A serious discussion of Noah as a changing debate over allegory, literal meaning, and science.
Philip C. Almond's discussion of Noah and the Flood treats a familiar biblical story as a long argument about allegory, literal meaning, and the way interpretation shifts over time.
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Hear how Noah becomes a debate about allegory, literal meaning, science, and authority.
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