Noah Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Dead Sea scrolls=== [[File:Genesis apocryphon.jpg|thumb|[[Genesis Apocryphon]], a portion of the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] that features Noah]] There are 20 or so fragments of the [[Dead Sea scrolls]] that appear to refer to Noah.<ref>Peters, DM., [https://books.google.com/books?id=MXU3PTrFe6gC&q=%22words+on+noah%22+twenty ''Noah Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Conversations and Controversies of Antiquity''], Society of Biblical Lit, 2008, pp. 15–17.</ref> [[Lawrence Schiffman]] writes, "Among the Dead Sea Scrolls at least three different versions of this legend are preserved."<ref>Schiffman, LH., [https://books.google.com/books?id=jAsaAwAAQBAJ&q=613+second ''Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Volume 2'']{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Granite Hill Publishers, 2000, pp. 613–614.</ref> In particular, "The [[Genesis Apocryphon]] devotes considerable space to Noah." However, "The material seems to have little in common with Genesis 5 which reports the birth of Noah." Also, Noah's father is reported as worrying that his son was actually fathered by one of the [[Watcher (angel)|Watchers]].<ref>Lewis, Jack Pearl, [https://books.google.com/books?id=mO_H2lVTyhkC&q=%22the+offspring+of+the+Watchers%22&pg=PA11 ''A Study of the Interpretation of Noah and the Flood in Jewish and Christian Literature''], BRILL, 1968, p. 11. "the offspring of the Watchers"</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page