entities: ENT_ISR_NOAH

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_ISR_NOAH Noah   Israelite Patriarch / Flood hero Hero flood; ark; covenant; patriarch; divine righteousness; new world       A           Israelite flood patriarch; Genesis 6-9: receives divine command to build an ark, survives the universal flood, and receives the covenant marked by the rainbow (Genesis 9:12-17); son of Lamech (Genesis 5:28-29), tenth generation from Adam in the priestly genealogy; his three sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth are the ancestors of all post-flood humanity in the Israelite Table of Nations (Genesis 10); cited in Ezekiel 14:14, 20 as one of three paradigm righteous figures alongside Daniel and Job; in 1 Enoch 106-107 he is described as radiant at birth, suggesting early traditions of his semi-divine or chosen status; the Israelite reception of the Mesopotamian flood hero tradition (Utnapishtim/Atrahasis/Ziusudra), most likely mediated through contact with Babylonian literary traditions during the exile (586-538 BCE) hero

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