This week we read Genesis 6-11 and Moses 8, which recount the story of Noah and the flood, some genealogies, all the way to the Tower of Babel. For my sparks I’ll discuss the animals on the ark, the implications of the earth needing a baptism, and the story of Noah and the wine.

Links

Flood as Baptism

https://rsc.byu.edu/let-us-reason-together/was-noahs-flood-baptism-earth

Chiasm in Noah’s story

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/chiastic-structuring-of-the-genesis-flood-story-the-art-of-using-chiasm-as-an-effective-compositional-tool-for-combining-earlier-chiastic-narratives/

The Gospel and Animals

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1972/08/the-gospel-and-animals?lang=eng

Noah Drunk or in Vision

https://latterdaysaintmag.com/was-noah-drunk-or-in-a-vision/

Garment of Noah

https://latterdaysaintmag.com/article-1-12120/

Noah’s Nakedness

https://juvenileinstructor.org/noahs-nakedness-and-the-curse-of-canaan-gen-918-27/