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During the Biblical flood of forty days was the entire earth covered with water?
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∙ 8y ago
That's what it says in The Bible that the whole earth was covered in water. The evidence is somewhat conflicting.
The many and various flood legends in the many people groups around the world, although different also seem to indicate a cultural memory of such an event. This includes desert-dwelling people.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoAccording to the Bible, the whole earth was covered, to the tops of the high hills. Mount Ararat, the mountain on which the ark is said to have landed, is over 5 kilometres high, so this must have been a world-wide flood. On the other hand, we now know that the Egyptian and Chinese civilisations continued undisturbed through the entire period attributed to the Flood.
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∙ 8y agoContrary to widespread opinion, the Torah does not state that the entire world was covered with water at the same time. Due to tides and cataclysmic events, the Flood waters were in motion, and likely were higher here than there. The Flood lasted a year (Talmud, Eiduyot ch.2). The "water-covered mountains" verse may not refer to the whole Earth at once. Interestingly, a related question is discussed in the Talmud (Yoma 76a), 1700 years ago. See also:
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