Is it true that in the Talmud it says that Noah’s flood was only in Babylon?
The only explicit Talmudic reference is Tractate Zevachim 113a where there is an opinion that the Flood did not take place in the Land of Israel.
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Is it true that in the Talmud it says that Noah’s flood was only in Babylon?
The only explicit Talmudic reference is Tractate Zevachim 113a where there is an opinion that the Flood did not take place in the Land of Israel.
Thank you very much for your answer. But your answer was not what I was expecting, so this gives rise to another question, now of archelogical content. In rabbinic tradition one can easily place the universal flood (see for example Sefer HaYuchsin as quoted in notes to Seder HaDorot (Heb.) (Brooklyn, NY : Beit Hasefer, 1980) Vol. I, 19) in the year 2104 BCE. It is evident from the archoelogical point of view that in Egypt, India, China, America, etc there was not an event like this that has killed all the people in that year or in that millenium. In fact, all life continued normally, and we have no trace of interruption of the different cultures. So my new question is how can we explain this fact, or we simply neglect archeology ?