What is Genesis flood narrative?
{{Expert needed}}{{Complex}} The '''Genesis flood narrative''' is a [[Hebrew people|Hebrew]] [[flood myth]]. It appears in Chapters 6 to 9 of the [[Book of Genesis]] in the [[Old Testament]] of the [[Bible]]. Most of the book of Genesis was probably written around the [[5th century BC|5th century BCE]]. Some parts, including the flood story, may have been written as late as the [[3rd century BC|3rd century BCE]]. == The myth == In the Genesis flood myth, God is unhappy with humans and wants to undo some of his creation and start over. He warns [[Noah]] to [[Noah's Ark|build an ark]] and fill it with his family and two of each animal on earth. Then he floods the earth. Nobody survives except for Noah and his family members on the ark. == Interpretations == Scientists agree that there was no global flood event that wiped out all human and animal life. The global distribution of species is one clue: species did not spread from one single place, as the story would suggest. There is a branch of [[creationism]] which argues that the Genesis flood narrative is based on fact, and that a global flood did occur. The Genesis flood narrative has also been interpreted as the story of a local flood event, like the [[Black Sea deluge hypothesis|Black Sea deluge]]. Some also relate the [[climate change]] phenomena associated with the [[Piora Oscillation]], which triggered the collapse of the [[Uruk period]],<ref>{{harvnb|Lamb|1995|p=128}}</ref> with the Biblical flood myth.<ref>Lamb, p. 128.</ref> == Research == Academic scholars and researchers consider the story in its present form to be exaggerated and/or implausible.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Weber|first=Christopher Gregory|year=1980|title=The Fatal Flaws of Flood Geology|url=https://ncse.com/cej/1/1/fatal-flaws-flood-geology|journal=Creation Evolution Journal|volume=1|issue=1|pages=24–37|access-date=2024-04-13|archive-date=2023-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120233802/https://ncse.com/cej/1/1/fatal-flaws-flood-geology|url-status=dead}}</ref> The