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Bible 365·Episode 3·Jul 6, 2021

The Raven and the Rabbi: Noah’s Birds and the Birth of Hope

Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem was not the first text to feature a raven, and the birds that appear in Genesis allow us to understand the nature of human resilience, and the reconciliation of God with the world after the flood.

Detail of Noah Releasing The White Dove from a mosaic is located in the San Marco Basilica in Venice, Italy (Wikimedia Commons)

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