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What is the most common answer to this question among secular biblical scholars?

2007-06-11 04:32:18 · 10 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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The Bible list no dates for early events such as the ark. The calendaring methods we are familiar with were not developed until long after the book of Genesis.

The only way scholars having of even guessing at many Bible events is to take an event for which we do know the date (such as Cyrus' order to rebuild Jerusalem) and follow the genalogies, length of reigns of kings, etc. backwards. As there are many examples of genealogies in the scripture which skip generations, this is not a very reliable method of getting dates.

But if one assumes no skipped generations, etc, then the most common date for Noah's ark is about 2000-2500BC.

2007-06-11 04:40:27 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0 2

Among secular Biblical scholars, the prevalent answer would be: the story of Noah and the Ark is transparently mythic, not historical. It is, in fact, a much older Sumerian story, and has been diffused through many cultures.

Anyone who offers a date in which Noah built and launched the Ark is almost certainly not a "secular" Bible scholar, but rather someone taking the mythic dimension of the Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament as literally true. And for them, all you would need to do is count forward from the creation of the universe in 4004 BC.

2007-06-11 11:37:23 · answer #2 · answered by snowbaal 5 · 1 2

First off, what is a secular biblical scholar?

Noah was only about six generations removed from Adam. So, the earth, (in this current state) was not very old. I have no idea what year it was B.C.

I'll see what I can find out.

2007-06-11 11:39:02 · answer #3 · answered by fanofchan 6 · 0 1

2007

2007-06-11 11:35:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

It took alot more that a year to get the ark built.
The flood came in 2370 B.C. and Noah spent approximately 50 years, before that, building it.
He did not 'launch' it.
It was just a big, rectangular box.
Its purpose was to float, not travel.

2007-06-11 11:39:07 · answer #5 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0 2

Noah didn't exist.

It's an adaptation of the Gilgamesh Epic, which may actually have some sort of historical basis.

5,500 BCE is an approximate date.

2007-06-11 11:36:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

I don't believe it ever happened.

Come on! Why would a supreme being murder his creations because they misbehaved? Babies and animals too? It is ludicrous.

2007-06-11 11:42:44 · answer #7 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 0 0

its a myth
anyone who thinks it really happened is mentally handicapped

2007-06-11 11:36:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Never. It is a myth.

2007-06-11 11:35:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

nineteen-fifty-never.

2007-06-11 11:35:16 · answer #10 · answered by pinhead_hey 3 · 2 1

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