A Comparison of Flood Legends
The story of the Flood permeates nearly every culture of the world in some way, shape, or form. Some of the details may vary between the cultures, but the same basic plotline occurs in all of them: a god becomes angry and destroys the earth with a flood but preserves humanity by selecting a certain number of people to survive. In his very thorough and well-researched book, Flood Legends, Charles Martin examines those Flood stories. He believes, as do I, that the stories have their origins in the truth of Noah’s Flood as detailed in Genesis. He uses the children’s game “telephone” to illustrate how these legends spread from the truth. Martin clearly and effectively communicates his argument. If you want to learn more about Noah’s Flood and have your faith strengthened, Flood Legends is the book for you.creation10 s Debbie Wilson87

Martin compares and contrasts flood legends from cultures around the world to analyze whether there's coherent ideas of a worldwide flood to assume that it may be historical. He uses the Bible, an Indian account and a South American account for his primary manuscripts but adds others from time to time. Well thought out and interesting.christian historical literary-analysis ...more1 Debbie187 14

Two for thought provoking content; -3 for poor theology. Though this isn't a book on theology, Mr. Martin does present some good arguments and information.1 Anna98

Interesting; a little hard to follow. I enjoyed reading all the different legends at the end. Edward Durand99

Certainly gives one much to consider. Lana647

Martin is a favorite author, but this is my first foray into his nonfiction work. This book is well?researched and uses a logical progression to argue the veracity of a global flood through the use of various flood stories from around the world. While dry in places (no pun intended), the actual legends themselves are fascinating. I knew there were some flood stories from other cultures, but I had no idea there were so many, nor that they had so many similarities. Kali84 23

This was a really thought provoking, interesting read! I enjoyed it. Janet Mueller51

Until reading this wonderfully informative book, I was aware of only a couple of Great Flood legends apart from that of "Noah, from the book of Genesis" in the "Torah". Believing that myths have some elements of truth to their story, I was struck by the similarities between Flood legends throughout the world & the Biblical account of Noah's worldwide deluge.

Basic ingredients to the accounts are that an angry god destroys all life on the earth, saving only a handful of people to enable repopulation. They are saved by a vessel, which carries them through flood waters for the duration of the catastrophe. I was convinced, studying legends from Africa, Australia, Babylon, British Columbia, Burma, China, Europe, Greece, India, Indonesia, New Guinea, North America, South America & the Mideast, that all were based on one actual event.

Having already read the books, "The World That Perished" by John C. Whitcomb & "The Genesis Flood" by John C. Whitcomb Jr., ThD. & Henry M. Morris, PhD., I was drawn to another book that would enlarge on the theme of a global catastrophe as recorded in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament. Justin130 27

This is a short but good review of flood legends around the world. Specifically the author focuses on 3 legends. Eventually he reveals some other myths too. Long story short you start reviewing these stories from all over globe...(American Indians, South American tribes, Mesopotamia, India, China, Austraila ) by unconnected people groups you have to come to the conclusion that a great world wide deluge really happened, and few people survived. These myths and legends have way to much in common to be just a coincidence. Which one could wisely conclude that it was the account we see in Genesis 6-9. If anything this book will wet your appetite to do further research. Emily164 10

This was a fascinating look at some of the flood legends from different cultures around the world. While trying to present a more unbiased view, his Christian perspective does come sharply into play at times which made it feel a little imbalanced for what it felt he was striving to achieve. However, it was quite interesting to see the similarities and differences of the legends and how they very well could be related and come from the same source. While he focused on 3 main texts in the book, in the appendix he included about 10 or so other legends to read through.2015-books-read creation-evolution John104

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