Reading Notes: Noah and the Ark - Part A

 The first part of Noah and the Ark is basically an overview of the story. It does not go into great detail, but introduces the backstory and the most important information to the story like when Noah was born. The second part of the story is when it begins to go in depth. This part describes the Flood very vividly, and includes some dialogue between Noah and God. The third part describes after the Flood. We predominantly focus on Noah and his actions during this part. The forth part of the story then talks about Noah's family. It quite literally breaks down his family tree and talks about each descendent. Then the Tower of Babel begins talking about life after the Flood, once Noah's children bore more children. However, the Lord was not happy with the men and decided to make them speak different languages so they could no longer communicate. Then the story takes a rather weird turn; it goes back to the beginning of the story about the birth of Noah. As of this moment the story had been moving chronologically, but now it is out of order and adds a complexity. From this point on the story fills the gaps that we were left with in the beginning; like how Noah grew up, why the Flood was needed, and how the people reacted to Noah telling them that the Lord was going to flood the earth. 

I actually really liked having the story kind of out of order. It keeps the reader engaged and thinking about the timeline of the story. I think this is something I could do with my story to add a bit of a twist. I also really liked the amount of dialogue in this story because I felt as though it was not too much or too little. 


Photo of Noah and the Ark by Pixabay. 

Bibliography: 

Author - Louis Ginzberg (1909) 

Title - The Legends of the Jews

Link - Mythology and Folklore UN-Textbook: Myth-Folklore Unit: Noah and the Ark

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