"Ask A Jew" Wednesday

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[u/FurstRoyalty-Ties]

I've read online from some websites that teach about Judaism, that Noah is seen to be just a listener to God's instructions but does not act for the betterment of other people outside of his family.

On the other hand, Abraham is viewed to be seen a more righteous due to praying for the souls of the damned in the cities that were destroyed by Elohim for their blasphemy, sexual deviancy, and intransigence in the cities of Sodom and Gamorrah.

I couldn't find out more about how Noah is viewed in modern Judaic theology apart from this brief difference in how they act on the commands of God, and his story itself.

[u/ezkori → u/FurstRoyalty-Ties]

I think Noah generally isn’t really talked about much outside of the flood story, since Noah and his family’s mythologically are the progenitors or all nations, whereas Abraham is the first “Jew”.

[u/FurstRoyalty-Ties → u/ezkori]

What about the prophet Methuselah? If I got it right. Is he deemed important for the theology of Judaism? Or is it that Judaism places greater importance for prophets from Abraham onwards ?

[u/sudo_apt-get_intrnet → u/FurstRoyalty-Ties]

The only real "character" Judaism has between the generation of Adam and his sons to Abraham is Noah. I know other cultures have Methuselah and Enoch as major figures but the Jewish canon basically just lists their names in a single sentence while building a genealogy train.

IIRC Judaism doesn't even give the title of "prophet" to anyone before Abraham, including Noah and Adam.

[u/FurstRoyalty-Ties → u/sudo_apt-get_intrnet]

That's very interesting and new to me. What about thoughts on Adam as the progenitor of all mankind ?