Book contents
- Noah and the Flood in Western Thought
- Reviews
- Noah and the Flood in Western Thought
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- 1 Ancient Floods and Heroes
- 2 Building Narrative Arcs
- 3 Noah and the Flood in Judaism and Islam
- 4 The Late Medieval and Early Modern Noah
- 5 Noah and the New Science
- 6 Noah, Myth, and History
- 7 Legends of Noah and the Ark
- Epilogue: A Legend for Our Time
- Bibliography
- Index
Epilogue: A Legend for Our Time
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- Noah and the Flood in Western Thought
- Reviews
- Noah and the Flood in Western Thought
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- 1 Ancient Floods and Heroes
- 2 Building Narrative Arcs
- 3 Noah and the Flood in Judaism and Islam
- 4 The Late Medieval and Early Modern Noah
- 5 Noah and the New Science
- 6 Noah, Myth, and History
- 7 Legends of Noah and the Ark
- Epilogue: A Legend for Our Time
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Taking its lead from Darren Aronofsky’s film ‘Noah’, the Epilogue shows how the legend of Noah and the flood has greater relevance in the present moment than any other legend in Western thought.
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- Noah and the Flood in Western Thought , pp. 339 - 342Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025