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The Babylonian Noah and Norse mythology

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2014

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Irving Finkel describes a remarkable Babylonian tablet that changes our understanding of the flood legend. Meanwhile, Joanne Harris gives us her take on the Norse gods Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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If you ask people what they know about the Bible, the Old Testament,

0:46.9

that they may or may not have many answers, one of them will certainly be Noah's Ark.

0:49.4

I mean, it's the kind of thing that everybody in the world knows about.

0:52.6

So any new bit of evidence about that is quite interesting.

0:56.8

That was Irving Finkel talking about remarkable Babylonian tablet.

1:01.9

When you have a look at the Victorian revival of Norsemiths, it was all about deeds of valour and heroism.

1:06.8

Nowadays, when we look at the elements of Norsemith that have crept into pop culture, it's much more ambivalent.

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And that was Joanne Harris, discussing the subject of her new book.

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