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Uploaded: 03 Dec 2024 (2 years ago) · Shared: 23 Sep 2025
Duration: 16:44
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This is a lecture about a chapter of my world history book called: 'In Search of the Sublime - A world history of humanity's relentless pursuit ofscientific truth, moral excellence, and enlightenment.'
Read the book for FREE at:
worldhistorybook.com
Or buy it on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Search-Sublime-relentless-scientific-enlightenment/dp/B0D28FVM8T
Kind regards,
Stephan P. Dinkgreve
MSc Theoretical Physics
Amsterdam
SOURCES:
https://en.m.wikiversity.org/wiki/Bible/King_James/Documentary_Hypothesis/Genesis
R. Friedman, Who Wrote the Bible, Simon & Schuster, 2019 (Recommended by Barth Ehrman)
R. Hendel, The Book of Genesis. Composition, Reception, and Interpretation, Brill, 2012.
R. Hendel, The Book of Genesis; A biography, Princeton University Press, 2013.
T. Romer, The Invention of God, Harvard University Press, 2015.
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Who are Stephans History?Stephan's History of the World. Reclaim the foundational thoughts and deeds of the great ancestors of humanity.
What is Creation?A creation myth or cosmogonic myth is a type of cosmogony, a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it. While in popular usage the term myth often refers to false or fanciful stories, members of cultures often ascribe varying degrees of truth to their creation myths. In the society in which it is told, a creation myth is usually regarded as conveying profound truths - metaphorically, symbolically, historically, or literally. They are commonly, although not always, considered cosmological myths - that is, they describe the ordering of the cosmos from a state of chaos or amorphousness. Creation myths often share several features. They often are considered sacred accounts and can be found in nearly all known religious traditions. They are all stories with a plot and characters who are either deities, human-like figures, or animals, who often speak and transform easily.
What is Flood?A flood is a myth in which a great flood, usually sent by a deity or deities, destroys civilization, often in an act of divine retribution. Parallels are often drawn between the flood waters of these myths and the primeval cosmic ocean which appear in certain creation myths, as the flood waters are described as a measure for the cleansing of humanity, for example in preparation for rebirth. Most flood myths also contain a culture hero, who "represents the human craving for life". The oldest known narrative of a divinely initiated flood originates from the Sumerian culture in Mesopotamia, among others expressed in the Akkadian Atra-Hasis epic, which dates to the 18th century BCE. Comparable flood narratives appear in many other cultures, including the biblical Genesis flood narrative, manvantara-sandhya in Hinduism, Deucalion and Pyrrha in Greek mythology, also the Cheyenne, Blackfeet and Puebloan traditions.
