The Flood: Global or local? What does the Book of Enoch say?
Book of Enoch Chapter 89
And one of those four went to othat white bull and instructed him in a secret, without his being terrified: he was born a bull and became a man, and built for himself a great vessel and dwelt thereon; and three bulls dwelt with him in that vessel and they were covered in. And again I raised mine eyes towards heaven and saw a lofty roof, with seven water torrents thereon, and those torrents flowed with much water into an enclosure. And I saw again, and behold fountains were opened on the surface of that great enclosure, and that water began to swell and rise upon the surface, and I saw that enclosure till all its surface was covered with water. And the water, the darkness, and mist increased upon it; and as I looked at the height of that water, that water had risen above the height of that enclosure, and was streaming over that enclosure, and it stood upon the earth. And all the cattle of that enclosure were gathered together until I saw how they sank and were swallowed up and perished in that water. But that vessel floated on the water, while all the oxen and elephants and camels and asses sank to the bottom with all the animals, so that I could no longer see them, and they were not able to escape, (but) perished and sank into the depths. And again I saw in the vision till those water torrents were removed from that high roof, and the chasms of the earth were levelled up and other abysses were opened. Then the water began to run down into these, till the earth became visible; but that vessel settled on the earth, and the darkness retired and light appeared. But that white bull which had become a man came out of that vessel, and the three bulls with him, and one of those three was white like that bull, and one of them was red as blood, and one black: and that white bull departed from them.
"... And all the cattle of that enclosure were gathered together until I saw how they sank and were swallowed up and perished in that water. ..,"
If this is translated coreectly, and it is unlikely a dream like this would be distorted, then the obvious meaning, given by very momentous prophetic foretelling to Enoch, is that all humans were within the bounds of an area surrounded by higher ground that kept in the flood waters until that high ground itself overflowed to the surrounding land. Looking at Sumer and its cities (apart from Shush - Susa) they were in a flood plain surrounded by higher ground. So only this flood plain needed to be flooded to kill them. Others had been killed already in surrounding areas before this flood.
"And again I raised mine eyes towards heaven and saw a lofty roof, with seven water torrents thereon, and those torrents flowed with much water into an enclosure. And I saw again, and behold fountains were opened on the surface of that great enclosure, and that water began to swell and rise upon the surface, and I saw that enclosure till all its surface was covered with water. And the water, the darkness, and mist increased upon it; and as I looked at the height of that water, that water had risen above the height of that enclosure, and was streaming over that enclosure, and it stood upon the earth."
So the water rose over the height of mountains or higher ground surrounding the plains of Iraq (Sumer) until it flowed beyond those mountains and hills and "stood upon the Earth". Ararat is where the ark settled but that is not necessarily the modern Mount Ararat but maybe the Mountains of Armenia and East of there in Iran the Zagros mountains "East of Shinar". So at least the Flood reached this far so the basin ("enclosure") it filled might be Zagros Mountains in East and Armenian Mountains in North and Palestine Hills in West and Saudi Arabia mountains in South. Then over all these mountains to beyond them a tsunami might have gushed to hit Susa in Iran and Egypt and Africa and Turkey and Georgia and Russia. So this wide area would have been rendered devoid of animal life by the greatest tsunami in human history. So to repopulate it the animals of the ark could be let disperse again and humans gradually follow after their scattering following the confusing of languages of Babel. But not necessarily global. Historic and true though. Just not fanciful.
Book of Enoch Chapter 89
And one of those four went to othat white bull and instructed him in a secret, without his being terrified: he was born a bull and became a man, and built for himself a great vessel and dwelt thereon; and three bulls dwelt with him in that vessel and they were covered in. And again I raised mine eyes towards heaven and saw a lofty roof, with seven water torrents thereon, and those torrents flowed with much water into an enclosure. And I saw again, and behold fountains were opened on the surface of that great enclosure, and that water began to swell and rise upon the surface, and I saw that enclosure till all its surface was covered with water. And the water, the darkness, and mist increased upon it; and as I looked at the height of that water, that water had risen above the height of that enclosure, and was streaming over that enclosure, and it stood upon the earth. And all the cattle of that enclosure were gathered together until I saw how they sank and were swallowed up and perished in that water. But that vessel floated on the water, while all the oxen and elephants and camels and asses sank to the bottom with all the animals, so that I could no longer see them, and they were not able to escape, (but) perished and sank into the depths. And again I saw in the vision till those water torrents were removed from that high roof, and the chasms of the earth were levelled up and other abysses were opened. Then the water began to run down into these, till the earth became visible; but that vessel settled on the earth, and the darkness retired and light appeared. But that white bull which had become a man came out of that vessel, and the three bulls with him, and one of those three was white like that bull, and one of them was red as blood, and one black: and that white bull departed from them.
"... And all the cattle of that enclosure were gathered together until I saw how they sank and were swallowed up and perished in that water. ..,"
If this is translated coreectly, and it is unlikely a dream like this would be distorted, then the obvious meaning, given by very momentous prophetic foretelling to Enoch, is that all humans were within the bounds of an area surrounded by higher ground that kept in the flood waters until that high ground itself overflowed to the surrounding land. Looking at Sumer and its cities (apart from Shush - Susa) they were in a flood plain surrounded by higher ground. So only this flood plain needed to be flooded to kill them. Others had been killed already in surrounding areas before this flood.
"And again I raised mine eyes towards heaven and saw a lofty roof, with seven water torrents thereon, and those torrents flowed with much water into an enclosure. And I saw again, and behold fountains were opened on the surface of that great enclosure, and that water began to swell and rise upon the surface, and I saw that enclosure till all its surface was covered with water. And the water, the darkness, and mist increased upon it; and as I looked at the height of that water, that water had risen above the height of that enclosure, and was streaming over that enclosure, and it stood upon the earth."
So the water rose over the height of mountains or higher ground surrounding the plains of Iraq (Sumer) until it flowed beyond those mountains and hills and "stood upon the Earth". Ararat is where the ark settled but that is not necessarily the modern Mount Ararat but maybe the Mountains of Armenia and East of there in Iran the Zagros mountains "East of Shinar". So at least the Flood reached this far so the basin ("enclosure") it filled might be Zagros Mountains in East and Armenian Mountains in North and Palestine Hills in West and Saudi Arabia mountains in South. Then over all these mountains to beyond them a tsunami might have gushed to hit Susa in Iran and Egypt and Africa and Turkey and Georgia and Russia. So this wide area would have been rendered devoid of animal life by the greatest tsunami in human history. So to repopulate it the animals of the ark could be let disperse again and humans gradually follow after their scattering following the confusing of languages of Babel. But not necessarily global. Historic and true though. Just not fanciful.
