NOAH, son of Lamech and father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, according to the Hebrew scriptures (Gn. 5:29–30, 6:10); chosen by God to be saved from the universal flood that destroyed the earth. Plausibly, this story has ancient Mesopotamian roots,...

Nobi were the slaves of premodern Korea. Male slaves (no) and female slaves ( pi) were owned, traded, and inherited, but a distinct feature of Korean slavery was that slaves could own property, including other slaves. The origin of this institution is...

The only person from Adam, for the ten generations thereafter, whom God found righteous. On that account, God chose Noah to survive the flood that would wipe out all of humankind on account of its wicked ways (Genesis 6–9). Noah became the...

Survivor of the *Biblical *flood. The Book of *Genesis describes how *God saved Noah, his family and a breeding pair of each species in a great *ark. After the flood, God made a *covenant with *Noah, giving him the *Noachide laws and promising that...

Noah (or Noe, Noach; Hebrew: נוֹחַ or נֹחַ, Standard Nóaḥ Tiberian Nōªḥ ; Nūḥ ; "Rest"[1] ) was the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs according to the Bible. His story is contained in the book of...

Noah and Saskia DVD and Education CD-ROM Review Noah and Saskia (Pino Amenta, 2004) is an outstanding and insightful television series by the Australian Children's Television Foundation, based on the book by Chris Anastassiades and Sam Carroll. The show cleverly and...

As a Roman Catholic and 1960 graduate of the University of Notre Dame University, Bruce Babbitt remains steadfast in the faith of his childhood. Signs appear that the secretary of interior is also growing in his religious convictions, a growth that increasingly brings together...

Coming up short on victory is nothing new to Noah, who’s seen his share of ups and downs during his musical odyssey. Now, after one false start and a steady grind in obscurity,he’s putting his future in the hands of a higher being. “I walked...

Yi Jianlian acknowledged he's already strained from the spotlight after one meaningless game."There's a lot of attention on me," he said through translator Roy Lu. "I feel the pressure."Yi made his inauspicious debut for the Bucks, but fellow rookie Joakim Noah looked much more like...