And it is now being revealed that the atheist director Darren Aronofsky intended it to be blasphemy, wanting to produce the “least biblical movie ever made” and thus perverting a sacred story. In this movie he creates God (actually a non-God) into his own atheist-pagan image, leaving the word “God” out of the movie and […]
The Flood
Was Noah Good?
http://www.amazon.com/Was-Noah-Good-Narrative-Testament/dp/0567027163 The juxtaposition of ‘favour’ and ‘righteousness’ in the flood narrative raises an interpretative and theological problem: Is Noah chosen because of divine favour or because of his piety ? Source-critical scholars identify two different theologies by J and P: J understands Noah’s election to be an act of grace whereas P emphasizes Noah’s righteousness […]