Flood of Noah

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• Noah's Ark — Noah s Arc redirects here. For the TV series, see Noah s Arc (TV series). For other uses, see Noah s Ark (disambiguation). An 1846 painting by the American folk painter Edward Hicks, depicting the animals boarding Noah s Ark in pairs. Noah s Ark… …   Wikipedia

• Noah Hutchings — Noah W. Hutchings (born 11 December 1922) is the president of Southwest Radio Church Ministries, a Christian broadcasting company based in Oklahoma City. He is the host of their nationally syndicated radio show Your Watchman On The Wall, which is …   Wikipedia

• flood — [flud] n. [ME flode < OE flod, akin to Ger flut: for IE base see FLOW] 1. an overflowing of water on an area normally dry; inundation; deluge 2. the flowing in of water from the sea as the tide rises 3. a great flow or outpouring [a flood of… …   English World dictionary

• Noah in rabbinic literature — Rabbinic Literature Talmudic literature Mishnah • Tosefta Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian Talmud Minor tractates Halakhic Midrash Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (Exodus) Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon (Exodus) Sifra (Leviticus) Sifre (Numbers Deuteronomy)… …   Wikipedia

• Flood geology — Part of a series on Creationism History of creationism Neo creationism …   Wikipedia

• Noah — In the legend of the flood only Noah and his family of all the human race are said to have survived the deluge (Gen. 6–9), chosen by God because of Noah s goodness of character (though it was not sustained indefinitely, Gen. 9:21). In the ark in… …   Dictionary of the Bible

• Noah — noun /ˈnəʊə,ˈnoʊə/ a) An Old Testament character who built an ark to save his family and a pair of each species of animal from the Great Flood. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons wives with him, into the ark, because of… …   Wiktionary

• NOAH — (Heb. נֹחַ), son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth (Gen. 5:28–29; 6:10; I Chron. 1:4). Noah is described as a righteous and blameless man who walked with God (Gen. 6:9) and whom God decided to save from a universal flood to become the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• FLOOD, THE — FLOOD, THE, deluge (Heb. mabbul) described in the Book of Genesis and brought by God to destroy humankind because of its sinfulness. Outside of the Noah tales in Genesis mabbul occurs only in Psalm 29:10. In Isaiah 54:9 the great flood is called… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Noah's Ark (1928 film) — Noah’s Ark Film poster Directed by Michael Curtiz Starring George O B …   Wikipedia