Revisiting the flood stories, I reflected on what key differences existed between the Yahwist version and the Priestly Writers version.\u00a0 The first was the most obvious, and I also think the most important: the use of the term Yahweh vs. Elohim.\u00a0 Yahweh in Hebrew translates to mean “LORD” and Elohim translates to mean “gods” or “deities.”\u00a0 I found this difference quite significant because as a child I was always told that LORD was “YHWH” or the one and the only God.\u00a0 The differentiation between gods and God was always emphasized when I was younger, and I think this is an example where the differentiation becomes critical.\u00a0 God refers to our God, the one and only all powerful and all knowing God, however, gods refers to other “gods” that people turned from God to worship, such as Ba’al and others.\u00a0 Another key difference is the duration of the flood.\u00a0 Being raised in a Catholic school, I have reflected on this story many times.\u00a0 The duration of the flood in the Yahwist version is forty days and forty nights, however forty days and forty nights is simply symbolic of a long time.\u00a0 It is very interesting that the Priestly Writer’s version mentions 150 days.\u00a0 In the notes at the end of the article it says that the flood lasted one year and 10 days.\u00a0 This got me thinking that we potentially have an idea of how they measured time, however, there is no way to know that the article’s one year and ten days is accurate.\u00a0 These are two key differences between the two versions that I found very important to highlight.<\/p>\n
After reflecting on these two versions, I have discovered that when comparing these two versions of this story with the Bible that I have, details from both versions of the story are present.\u00a0 Both versions are intertwined to help more thoroughly tell the story, which I find very helpful, but a little redundant at times.\u00a0 Overall, these two stories have some key similarities, however some crucial differing details from both\u00a0 that are included in the story of Noah and the flood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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