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Professor Ira Spar Discussed Likelihood of Noah’s Flood in Live Science

Professor Ira Spar at The Met looking over artifacts.

May 16, 2023

Dr. Ira Spar, professor of history and ancient studies, discusses Noah’s Flood from The Bible with Live Science. He shares that it is likely the story is more a recounting from oral traditions and from various sources even though this story and others in the Old Testament were written in 800-500 B.C. There are also variations of the flood story in different religious books.