The Old Testament can be described as "an anthology of the literature of ancient Israel and early Judaism" (Coogen 2008) which contains many forms of writings and stories that address not only myth, major historical events and laws, but also those that follow the Israelites' unique relationship with God. The first book of the Old Testament is known as Genesis and focuses heavily on the creation of the world and its early stages. This is also the origin of the biblical flood story of Noah and the ark. The story is characterized by a man tasked with building an ark under the guidance of God and taking with him family members and pairs of animals to survive a disaster. catastrophic universal flood. “The story of the flood belongs to the genre of myth. We are meant to read it as a story and allow it to play on our imagination to discover its deeper reality” (Woods 2014) while also taking into consideration the context and audience for which it was originally intended, to discover its theological purpose. . This essay will not only address its overall theological focus, but will also focus on the history associated with the narrative as it relates to its origin using geographical reasoning, references, and comparison of similarities and differences from other flood stories cultural, but also source critiques to obtain an understanding of the different proclamations made by God with reference to the author of the text and how the characteristics of their writing will in turn influence the message received by the reader. Finally, this article will focus on the major warning that the story is built on and relate it to present and past audiences. Although he claims that the Flood story is a myth, research into the facts...... middle of article. .....work: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1964.Towner, Wayne S. Genesis. Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. Vawter, Bruce. A path through Genesis. London: Sheed and Ward LTD, 1957. Von Rad, Gerhard. Genesis: a commentary. London: SCM Press Ltd, 1972 Wenham, GJ “The Coherence of the Flood Narrative”. Vetus Testamentum 28, 3 (1978): 336 – 34. Accessed February 22, 2014. doi: 10.2307/1517042 Woods, Laurie. “THBS 501 Biblical Studies.” Accessed February 17, 2014. http://leo.acu.edu.au/pluginfile.php/650371/mod_folder/content/0/Day%2001/Essential%20Reading/READINGS%201%20and%202.%20Introduction%20to %20Gen%201-11.pdf?forcedownload=1Woods, Laurie. “The Flood and the Tower of Babel”. Accessed February 17, 2014. http://leo.acu.edu.au/pluginfile.php/650371/mod_folder/content/0/Day%2001/Extension%20Reading/The%20Flood%20and%20Tower%20of%20Babel. pdf?force download=1