The only skin colour that is the safest in all environments, and happens to be the majority skin colour on the planet today is the rosy brown one. The 40 days and 40 nights is what you think is the long part; the rain is whats quite impressive, or it always was to me. Are different human skin colours explained by Adam and Eve having a mix of dominant and recessive genes? Required fields are marked *. His third son Japheth married Adataneses. And then theres the birds in the story I was taught, I dont even think I got the birds. That seems insane. Theres Queen Esther, our Purim heroine, and Judith, a Hanukkah heroine. Enoch (/ i n k / ()) is a biblical figure and patriarch prior to Noah's flood, and the son of Jared and father of Methuselah.He was of the Antediluvian period in the Hebrew Bible.. We cant know exactly what Noahs wife did or how she looked, but come to the Ark Encounter and see how our team has depicted her using some artistic license based on the one reliable source we havethe Bible, of course! It was hard to imagine being the woman that would be told all of the rest of the world, for the rest of time, would be able to trace back to you. (Courtesy of De Ark van Noach), Illustrative: Noahs Ark (1846), a painting by the American folk painter Edward Hicks, Illustrative: Ark of Noah, a Dutch Christian organization, created a life-size replica of Noahs Ark. We learn in Numbers that "Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman" (Num. There are perhaps more secular stories about Noahs Flood than any other major Bible topic. But mostly: I didnt research too much, because I really wanted to have the freedom to give her what she needed and focus more on her emotional life. Whether you read her story through the lens of faith, folklore, or critical analysis, this woman deserves our respect and admiration. But the biblical account of Noahs family and how they prepared for and survived the Flood and its aftermath is more than just a story. As a high schooler, I became quite obsessed with Jesus Christ Superstar. My mother always was playing soundtracks. This guess is reflected in some ancient books outside of the Bible. We know Noahs wife was old enough to have three grown children, and she is an ancestor of every person on earth. Since Adams body was part of Gods very good creation, we also know that whatever colour skin Adam had, was the one best suited to the worlds environment. Now add to this that Noahs father was Lamech and his grandfather was Methuselah who had known the first man Adam for some 300 years. I have seen many claims that Noah's Ark has been found. 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(Collage by Alma/via JTA), Illustrative: Life-size figures of animals inside the Noahs Ark in Dorderecht in 2013. And I assumed their marriage was probably centuries old. We had cassettes, and I think I wore out myJesus Christ Superstar cassette until it didnt play anymore . "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the Earth." So begins the story of the flood in Genesis God's decision to restart . Here, they were pulled away from everyone else, watched everyone die, got stuck on water, and didnt know how long that would last. And I didnt talk about whether [Naamah and Noah] had more over the years, and who those wouldve been, but in my head, they had existed. Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield opened her Riverdale home to a family of Ukrainian refugees. 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In the novel, Blake has named her Naamah (she chose the name from the Book of Jubilees, an ancient text that tells the same stories that are in Genesis, but with greater detail; Noah's wife,. Try downloading another browser like Chrome or Firefox. In the Book of Jubilees (160150 BC), considered canon by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church as well as Beta Israel, the names of the wives are given as: Emzara, wife of Noah; Sedeqetelebab, wife of Shem; Na'eltama'uk, wife of Ham; and Adataneses, wife of Japheth. Moses and his Ethiopian wife Zipporah (Dutch: Mozes en zijn Ethiopische vrouw Seporah ), c. 1645-1650, is a painting by Jacob Jordaens, a Flemish Baroque painter. 2023 jewish telegraphic agency all rights reserved. Bethel arose really naturally to me in understanding just the length of time [before the flood]. I thought she was a really necessary character to put a little bit of release on the tragedy that was the flood; it was something that Bethel wasnt terrified about. While we can all be traced back ultimately to Adam and Eve, we can look to Noah and his wife as humanitys most recent common ancestors. Now youve got a marriage thats centuries old. I took a lot of classes in grad school studying short stories as a form; I loved to read them and write essays about them and how they work and all their craft choices and putting them in the context of their time I love all of that. And then they knew that from there, it would be their job, and if they didnt create all of life, that would be it. List of the Table of Nations Mentioned in the Old Testament. He also recounts a quaint legend concerning the wife of Ham: God having instructed Noah to destroy the first person who announced that the deluge was beginning, Ham's wife at that moment was baking bread, when water suddenly rushed forth from the oven, destroying the bread. Not that there cant be heartbreaking things, but I dont ever want to do that. I dont know what Ill be like, or capable of, or what hormonal situation Ill be in! [Laughs]. Hardcover, 298 pages. We learn all about Noah, of course, but have you ever wondered about his wife, the woman who became the matriarch of all future generations of people? Im sure thats Jesus Christ Superstar talking, but who doesnt want to sing all of Judas parts really badly?! By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org. The writings attributed to her (at the end of Book III) also hint at possible names of her family who would have lived before the Flood father Gnostos, mother Circe; elsewhere (in book V) she calls Isis her sister. In my mind I was like, oh man, 40 days and 40 nights, and then theres enough water on earth to cover trees and mountains! Noahs wife faithfully stands beside her husband as preparations are made for the coming flood. Although she could have been quite advanced in age compared to our standards, she was probably quite active and fit. I do find it very surprising that the retelling of the story of the ark is quick. In Naamah, Blake reclaims the tale of Noahs wife, who goes nameless in the Bible. And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. Genesis 9 is a story that is 100% clear to those that don't want to strip the context of scripture. His son Shem married Sedeqetelebab. Sarah Blake Wants You to Know It. Since there no colour comment made in Noahs name, we can safely assume whatever colour Noah was, Shem was, but so were Lamech and Methuselah, and so was Adam! And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. Viewed 32k times. Hard-liner Bezalel Smotrich was just put in charge of Israels settlements. We had the opportunity to chat with Sarah Blake aboutNaamah, matriarchs, feminist retellings, and how she never wants to break a readers heart. So its this incredible drive to want to create people, but also know that as you did, you were going to create a world that had begun with you. So its this incredible drive to want to create people, but also know that as you did, you were going to create a world that had begun with you. "So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood." The Bible does not give her name, however, according to Jewish tradition her name is Naamah - the sister of Tubal-cain, a descendant of Cain, the son of Adam and Eve (see Genesis 4:22). Noahs sons Ham, Shem and Japheth however have several colour clues hidden in their names. Your newsletter signup did not work out. And I [thought], Im just gonna have to sit down and let whatever comes out, come out. But yeah, I cant answer that question too well. Ar'yelShem's Wife. The Genesis Rabba midrash lists Naamah, the daughter of Lamech and sister of Tubal-Cain, as the wife of Noah,[9] as does the 11th-century Jewish commentator Rashi in his commentary on Genesis 4:22. i II, I and 2 . Gnostic literature of the first few centuries AD calls Noah's wife Norea, including texts ascribed to her, as reported by Epiphanius, and confirmed in modern times with the discovery of the texts at Nag Hammadi. (Cush is identified as Ethiopia in some versions of the Bible.) Whether she was Emzara, Naamah, or simply just a woman whose real name has been lost to the long flow of time, the wife of Noah survived a harrowing tale of faith and hardship. Like Eve before her, this woman became the matriarch of the entire human race. There are the matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah. An early Arabic work known as Kitab al-Magall or the Book of Rolls (part of Clementine literature), the Syriac Book of the Cave of Treasures (c. 350), and Patriarch Eutychius of Alexandria (c. 930) all agree in naming Noah's wife as "Haykl, the daughter of Nams (or Namousa), the daughter of Enoch, the brother of Methuselah"; the first of these sources elsewhere calls Haikal "the daughter of Mashamos, son of Enoch", while stating that Shem's wife is called "Leah, daughter of Nasih". Your email address will not be published. Like Carmen Jimnez Smith takes on some of the fairy tales. A. Genesis 5:5,20,27,32. According to F. L. Utley, [1] apocryphal literature lists 103 variations of her name and personality. I dont know what Ill be like, or capable of, or what hormonal situation Ill be in! [Laughs]. While we cant be sure of Mrs. Noahs name, we do know that she survived the Flood along with seven of her family members on the Ark. In the Hebrew Bible, we get the stories of few women: Theres Eve, obviously. Please Im just usually thinking about them happening much more quickly than a 300-page novel. The name was probably simply made up in Jewish traditions and is unlikely to have really been the name of Lamechs wife or Noahs wife. Lorraine Hansberrys second play had a white Jewish protagonist. Me neither, before reading Sarah Blakes new book, Naamah.. Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry, dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. Just west of the intersection of KY-36 and I-75 (at exit 154). We learn all about Noah, of course, but have you ever wondered about his wife, the woman who became the matriarch of all future generations of people? Dig into the illuminating world of the Bible with a BAS All-Access membership. This particular text even spins an interesting tale about another important woman in Noahs life that goes unnamed in the Book of Genesishis mother, Bitenoshand a bit of drama that occurs just after his birth. In 1941, Francis Lee Utley published a paper in the journal Speculum titled, The One Hundred and Three Names of Noahs Wife. This article will survey three of the popular choices and explain why they were probably chosen. Much speculation has arisen about the name of our great, great . Japheth is Hebrew for fair, and Shems name has nothing to do with colour at all. "Can the Ethiopian change his skin?" (Jeremiah 13:23)the natural assumption is that Jeremiah refers to black skin. Similar traditions seem to have endured for several centuries in some form, for in Petrus Comestor, we read that the wives of Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth are Phuarpara, Pharphia, Cataflua and Fliva respectively, and in a 15th-century Middle English catechism, we find written "What hicht Noes wyf?" Me neither, before reading Sarah Blakes new book, Naamah.. Why American Eagle now has a mezuzah at its Times Square flagship. Was he black or white, and where is it located in The Bible? One side of my family is very Jewish, and one side is very Catholic, but neither of my parents were interested in having religion inside the house. If indeed it is true, then Noah and his wife were the ancestors of all people now living, and were therefore the ancestor of the Ethiopians. Nonetheless, later writers made use of this "information", sometimes even combining it with other traditions. Man, apes and monkeys: what are the differences. This is a fairly common question for those who have given some thought to the biblical account of the Flood. (Courtesy of Ark of Noah Foundation), Ensemble of Jesus Christ Superstar. (IntensivTheater/ Jenny Brill). And I really enjoy Dinahs story. If you only had it from Naamahs perspective the whole time, I think the flood wouldve been this one-faceted tragedy that Id always imagined it as, and I wanted the flood to have a little more depth. Take Noahs Ark, for example. God obviously thought it was the right thing I was really drawn to all of that. So, that implies to me that Naamah and Noah had probably been married since around 100 years old. Once the flood waters subsided, she and her family were the only people left on the earth. Ham told his brothers that Noah was naked. similarly name one of the Sibyls as Sabba (see Sibyl in Jewish Encyclopedia). But after Adams sin came onto the planet and mans whole body physically, spiritually and mentally became subject to the fall, it shouldnt surprise us that mans skin colour controls had started to breakdown even before Noahs flood. The Bible does not mention her by name so we cannot know for certain, but this has not stopped people from speculating. Several ancient Jewish texts not included in the canon of Scripture have other details about her. Longing to know more about the Creator, she soon joined Noah's family in building the ark. Some were producing too much melanin (brown pigment) near the surface or some too little near the surface, so that dark skin, light skin and medium skin were all in existence prior to the flood and to the tower of Babel in the second century after the Flood. In Naamah, Blake reclaims the tale of Noahs wife, who goes nameless in the Bible. There are still questions that I feel like I really didnt get to answer that I want answered myself. I thought she was a really necessary character to put a little bit of release on the tragedy that was the flood; it was something that Bethel wasnt terrified about. Theres Queen Esther, our Purim heroine, and Judith, a Hanukkah heroine. And I didnt talk about whether [Naamah and Noah] had more over the years, and who those wouldve been, but in my head, they had existed. Noahs name means `rest. According to F. L. Utley,[1] apocryphal literature lists 103 variations of her name and personality. In the novel, Blake has named her Naamah (she chose the name from the Book of Jubilees, an ancient text that tells the same stories that are in Genesis, but with greater detail; Noahs wife, in this telling, is named Naamah. Yet she remains unnamed. A. E. Stallings does these great poems about the Greek myths, and so does Louise Glck and Rita Dove, and theres all these amazing persona poems that are often giving voice to character youre somewhat familiar with. So dont be surprised that as we go around the planet today, some 6000 years after Adam and 4000 years after Noah, that we discover dark skin is not the ideal and neither is light skin. And other 3 names, Ollia, Olina, and Olybana. They are among some of the most common names still used across the world today. I tried to be just more faithful to Naamah herself, and what I thought she might do. 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The name Emzara for Noahs wife must not have been widely accepted, however, because in later rabbinic literature she has a completely different identity. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. The Jewish writing known as Genesis Rabba (c. 5th century AD) states, Naamah, daughter of Lemech and sister to Tubalcain, was Noahs wife. Near the end of the listing of Cains descendants in the Bible we read these words: The rationale for choosing Naamah as the name for Noahs wife is that some interpreters believe the mention of Naamah in Genesis 4:22 must have some special significance not explained in the text. Sign up to receive our email newsletter and never miss an update. Please follow the instructions Like Carmen Jimnez Smith takes on some of the fairy tales. Ive been thinking about that a lot, especially as I start new projects: If Im gonna write novels, which is totally new to me, and have this totally different relationship to a reader than Ive had before, what interests me the most? According to the latter, she was the sister of Tubal-cain (Genesis 4:21); according to the former, she was a daughter of Enoch, and . According to Abba ben Kahana, Naamah was Noah's wife and was called "Naamah" (pleasant) because her conduct was pleasing to God. Genesis 10:1 - Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. I just avoided fiction. So Im not sure I necessarily need to see that but I would like if more retellings got into how large and long and weird the 14 months is. place 1 Ark Encounter Drive I know its about Dinah, and Ive written a few poems about Dinah and I think that story is remarkable as well. . So the whole [story] is kind of flattened, and doesnt seem as terrifying cause their lives are so long. [3], "The Mandaeans and the Myth of Their Origins", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Noah%27s_wife&oldid=1137754036, This page was last edited on 6 February 2023, at 07:27. However, Annio's manuscript is widely regarded today as having been a forgery.[15]. Theyre not as specific about [age] with Naamah, but they are with Noah, [who is] around 500 or 600 years old [Genesis 5:32]. According to this book Noah's wife was Emzara. This article originally appeared on Alma. Theyre not as specific about [age] with Naamah, but they are with Noah, [who is] around 500 or 600 years old [Genesis 5:32]. The earliest known name given for Noah's wife is Emzara ("mother of a princess"), which is found in the non-canonical Book of Jubilees (4:33), written c. 160 B.C.E. But the majority of the rabbis reject this statement, declaring that Naamah was an idolatrous woman who sang "pleasant" songs to idols. Registering also lets you comment on articles and helps us improve your experience. But notable are the women who arent named. This has no colour connotation whatsoever. Hence when Noah had offspring, some had lost control of skin colour production. For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members. And, when it did eventually rain, she faithfully entered into the Ark alongside her equally nameless daughters-in-law to ride out the storm and, I would assume, to take care of the numerous co-passengers from the animal kingdom. Noahs immediate relatives were therefore in a good position to comment on any skin colour alterations that might have occurred at Noah or Shems birth. There's Queen Esther, our Purim heroine, and Judith, a Hanukkah heroine. Nearly everything we know about Noah and the Ark comes from just four chapters in Genesis. Please try again or choose an option below. Incorrect password. A third name that has been assigned to Noahs wife is Barthenos. The Hebrew word Cush means black, and Cush is said to be the father of the black African people. Combine a one-year tablet and print subscription to BAR with membership in the BAS Library to start your journey into the ancient past today! Origin of Noah's Albinism The fragment also allows some conclusions on the mode of inheritance of Noah's albinism. click the link in that email to complete your registration. In the present day world, whenever a person has some distinguishing colour we still sometimes give names that have colour connotations. The Anglo-Saxon "Solomon and Saturn" dialogue gives for Noah's wife Dalila, for Ham's, Jaitarecta, and for Japheth's Catafluvia, while giving Olla, Ollina and Ollibana as alternatives. However, he likely confused the name of Noahs wife with that commonly given to his mother. However according to some legends, Canaan's son, Arwadi, came to Ethiopia from the land of Canaan to found the Qemant group, whereas in other legends it is Arwadi's son, Yaner did so.". There are the matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah. Perhaps the most common name given to Noahs wife is Naamah. What do you think of the book Creation Unfolding by Ken Coulson? State of Israel should do it, top Netanyahu ally says, days after settlers rampaged through West Bank town following deadly terror attack, Police to probe far-right MK for remarks backing violent West Bank settler rampage, A dangerous slope: Gantz says Smotrich seeking West Bank chaos. 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