On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Vernon Jenkins wrote:
> It must surely follow that the
> _mabbul_ was no
> local flood. Indeed, scripturally, this Hebrew word is only used of Noah's
> flood.
This last statement is not obvious. Mabbul is used in Psalm 29:10. Since
this psalm is about a thunderstorm passing over Israel, there is no
context to imply that this verse refers to the Noachian Flood.
Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395
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