Interpretations of the flood
Florentino García Martínez (Editor), Gerard P. Luttikhuizen (Editor)
This volume opens with an analysis of the biblical Flood story within its ancient Oriental context & with two essays devoted to the study of the Flood in Greek literature. Several essays are devoted to the interpretation of the biblical story in diverse ancient Jewish & Christian texts (Old Testament apocrypha, Gnostic mythology, patristic & rabbinic literature). The volume ends with a study about the interpretation of the Flood in the period of the Scientific Revolution & with an interpretation from the perspective of a twentieth century psychoanalyst