003 | Genealogy and the Great Flood (Genesis 5:1-10:32)

Hey there, welcome to today's episode where we'll be diving into some fascinating ancient texts - specifically looking at the Genealogy and Great Flood narratives from Genesis. Let's set the stage: We're looking at narratives composed somewhere between 1500-500 BCE, during a time when various civilizations in the Ancient Near East were grappling with questions of human origins, divine judgment, and the relationship between gods and mortals. These stories emerged from an oral tradition in a world where devastating floods were a reality in the fertile river valleys of Mesopotamia.Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16N6u8o5WJ51vicAGSoxoC8nP7HtJ-TB-/view?usp=drive_link