Content by Kristine Henriksen Garroway, PhD
Dr. Kristine Henriksen Garroway was appointed Visiting Assistant Professor of Bible at Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religions Los Angeles Campus in 2011. She received her doctorate in the Hebrew Bible and Cognate Studies at HUC-JIR’s Cincinnati campus in 2009, and she has spent time studying and researching in Israel, and has participated in excavations at Ashkelon, Tel Dor and Tel Dan. Dr. Garroway’s scholarship focuses on children using archaeology and texts of ancient Israel and Mesopotamia.
Why the Gods Destroyed Humans: The Biblical and Mesopotamian Flood Narratives
The Noah’s Ark narrative may be popular with children, but it is also a disturbing tale of “do-overs.”