Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah” is a midrash, not just a movie. Midrashim are stories about the stories in the Bible. A midrash is not a retelling of the biblical story, but rather a literary ...

“Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth” was not, as in the film, Noah’s blessing to his children, it was God’s blessing to Noah, and to all of us through Noah and the covenant ...

Finally, there is a connection between Noah’s Ark and the Ark of the Covenant. First, with the building of Noah’s Ark, God granted Noah and his family salvation from death in a sinful world ...

Christians often hear and use the term “covenant theology,” but some may not know all it entails. The term is an iceberg that ...

Second, God says, “ ‘the sign of the covenant for all generations to come’ ” is the ‘rainbow.’ “ ‘Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the ...

The Bible seems replete with covenants (Hebrew, britot): the covenant in our portion, in which Noah and his family are saved from the Flood. By SHLOMO RISKIN OCTOBER 25, 2006 10:50 ...

God establishes a covenant with Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and finally Jesus. In these succeeding covenants we see God expanding his covenant family until there is a one, ...

Scientists have uncovered secrets in the Bible that rewrite the story of the Ark of the Covenant, Noah's Flood and when God created the universe, sparking a debate on the Holy Book's origins.

It is a symbol of God’s covenant with mankind, a promise made to Noah and his descendants that never again would a flood destroy the earth. This promise, found in Genesis 9:13-16 , speaks of God ...