Noah

Prophet, Person Or Being In Fiction

1056 –

22

Who is Noah?

In Abrahamic religions, Noah or Noé or Noach, was the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs. The story of Noah and the Ark is told in the Genesis flood narrative, and also told in Sura 71 of the Quran. The Biblical account is followed by the story of the Curse of Ham. Outside Genesis his name is mentioned in 1 Chronicles, Isaiah, Ezekiel, the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Hebrews and the 1st and 2nd Epistles of Peter. He was the subject of much elaboration in later Abrahamic traditions, including the Qur'an.

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Born
1056
Mesopotamia
Also known as
  • Nuh
  • Noé
  • Noach
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on July 23, 2013

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