Fab 4 (-1): Genesis 6-9

In our discussion today, we talked about how symbolism pervaded the whole Bible. For example, age seems to be indicative of righteousness; the flood could be indicative of a third creation; the rainbow is indicative of God’s patience in humans, promising to never cause a flood like that again. We also talked about the fact that if God is omnipotent, why should He need reminders to never cause a flood again? That said, we recognized that this wasn’t the message the author intended to convey. Finally, we talked about the differences in authorship between J and P. For instance, one said the flood came from the earth, the other said the flood came from the sky.