The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 38 : Genesis 8:1–14 – The Mabbûl: the Climax of Mabbûl / Waters Decline / Raven and Doves

GOD REMEMBERS NOAH – THE APEX OF THE MABBÛL NARRATIVE – ‘GOD REMEMBERS’ = ‘GOD INTERVENES’ – THE LORD ‘REMEMBERS’ THOSE WHO BELONG TO HIM – CREATION ECHOED – NO MENTION OF THE ROLE OF THE SUN – ANOTHER POLEMIC AGAINST PAGAN MYTHS – WATERS RECEDE – THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE EARTH – ARK RESTED ON MOUNTAINS OF ARARAT – THE RAVEN AND THE DOVE – MAN’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ANIMAL WORLD – SYMBOLOGY