Alan Dershowitz writes a chapter in his book called “God Overreacts—and Floods the World. In this chapter it talks about the different versions of the flood story you hear anywhere. The bible has two different versions and people either believe one or the other. Either it’s the story of Noah or the story of Utanapishtim. Dershowitz talks about the how the defense lawyers and the traditional commentators and talk about what they believed the reason for the flood was. He then puts either quotes or just makes a comment on what his stance is on their beliefs.
According to Dershowitz the defense lawyers “reject the possibility that God’s destruction of the entire world was unjust” (Dershowitz 65). According to the traditional commentators “believed …show more content…
Also in the text in mentions that “God knew that people would turn bad again” (Dershowitz 65). Meaning why God would destroy the world when he knew that even when he started over people would turn bad again. The traditional commentators’ believed that what God was doing was just and that he had every right to flood the world. They believed that God was also getting rid of the divine beings because they “Had taken human wives and procreated with them” (Dershowitz 64-65). While procreating with them they had children who turned into giants or “Nephilim’s” and God wanted to wipe them out because if they became evil or decided to start doing bad things it would be bad for the world. Dershowitz mentions that “a natural epidemic (the flood) which visits the world and wipes out both the good and the bad” (Dershowitz 65). By him mentioning that it says that even though God might have had the right idea to wipe out everyone because of the creation of those “Nephilim’s” he not only wiped out the bad but also the good people who did nothing wrong. Dershowitz mentions both of these points of views in this chapter because they are both different in the way they view what God did. Some view it just the others view it as unjust. The traditional
According to Dershowitz the defense lawyers “reject the possibility that God’s destruction of the entire world was unjust” (Dershowitz 65). According to the traditional commentators “believed …show more content…
Also in the text in mentions that “God knew that people would turn bad again” (Dershowitz 65). Meaning why God would destroy the world when he knew that even when he started over people would turn bad again. The traditional commentators’ believed that what God was doing was just and that he had every right to flood the world. They believed that God was also getting rid of the divine beings because they “Had taken human wives and procreated with them” (Dershowitz 64-65). While procreating with them they had children who turned into giants or “Nephilim’s” and God wanted to wipe them out because if they became evil or decided to start doing bad things it would be bad for the world. Dershowitz mentions that “a natural epidemic (the flood) which visits the world and wipes out both the good and the bad” (Dershowitz 65). By him mentioning that it says that even though God might have had the right idea to wipe out everyone because of the creation of those “Nephilim’s” he not only wiped out the bad but also the good people who did nothing wrong. Dershowitz mentions both of these points of views in this chapter because they are both different in the way they view what God did. Some view it just the others view it as unjust. The traditional