Noah's Flood: The Genesis Story in Western Thought

by Norman Cohn and Professor Norman Cohn

Book Overview

An exploration of the origins, development, and varying interpretations of the ancient story of Noah's flood, and an assessment of its impact on the history of ideas. It includes accounts of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300068239
• ISBN13: 9780300068238
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Dazzling

Norman Cohn never fails to dazzle and his history of the reaction to story of Noah is an interesting and compact dissection of a pivotal myth in Western culture. He traces the myth from before the bible and sets its place in Western Imagination.

Another brilliant piece of historical analysis from Cohn

Norman Cohn has the superb ability to bring together obscure pieces of history and thought in a readable way. This book follows well on from his other books in showing how a particular episode in literature can be viewed differently over time. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in where their current thinking might be coming from.

Bridges gap between physical and social/human sciences

As a Geographer and an Anthropologist I am thrilled by that book. Norman Cohn's historical analysis of the Deluge interpretations leads to a better understanding of Science, and how the conditions (i.e. contextualization) of its production shapes knowledge. I will put it in my graduate students'reading list, and in my "best books"bookshelf