Anonymous ID: 8fac20 Oct. 25, 2023, 7:37 a.m. No.19799178   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9183

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I was just reading about this - Mt (D)judi / Cudi seems to be the 'resting place', technically in the Ararat mountain range

 

HISTORY IS THE WITNESS: "NOAH'S ARK RESTED UPON MT. CUDI"

 

The evidence for this site as the landing place of Noah's Ark is not so strong that it demands a verdict, yet it is indeed compelling. If we only had the ancient references, the evidence for the Mt. Cudi site easily outweighs the evidence for Mt. Ararat. These ancient witnesses are as follows:

 

Chaldean Sources

 

BEROSSUS: A Chaldean priest and historian (3rd Century B.C.) Berossus' account is basically a version of the Babylonian Flood account. He notes that the Ark "…grounded in Uraratu some part still remains in the mountains of the Gordyaeans in Urartu” and he continues:

"Some get pitch from the ship by scraping off, and use it for amulets."

 

In Berossos' view, this location, Cudi Dagh, is both in the Gordyaean mountains and within the borders of ancient Armenia (Urartu)!

 

Christian Sources

 

EUSEBIUS: In the 3rd Century A.D. this early church father notes that a small part of the Ark still remains in the Gordian(Cudi) mountains.

 

THE PERSHITTA: The Pershitta is a version of the entire Bible made for the Syrian Christians. In Gen. 8:4 it reads "mountains of Quardu (Cudi) for the resting place of Noah's Ark.

 

FAUTUS OF BYZANTIUM: Faustus was a historian of the 4th Century A.D. Very little is known about him except that he was one of the early historians of Armenia though he was of Greek origin. His original work is lost but has survived through translations. It is from Faustus that we first hear the story of St Jacob of Nisibis, the godly monk who asks (God) ALLAH to see the Ark. Faustus, puts this event not on Mt. Ararat, but in the canton of Gordukh (Cudi). The St. Jacob of the story is the Bishop of Nisibis (modern Nusaybin) a city which is only about 70 miles (not quite within sight) from Cudi Dagh. Up to the 10th Century all Armenian sources support the southern location as the landing place of the Noah's Ark.

 

EPIPHANIUS: The Bishop of Salamis and a fierce opponent of heresy (a real heresy hunter!) in the 4th Century A.D. On two occasions he mentions that the Ark landed in the mountains of the (Cudi) Gordians. In fact he says the remains are still shown and that if one looks diligently he can still find the altar of Noah.

 

EUTYCHIUS: Bishop of Alexander in the 9th Century. He says, "the Ark rested on the mountains of Ararat, that is Jabal Judi near Mosul." Mosul is a city near ancient Ninevah about 80 miles south of Cudi Dagh.

 

Islamic Sources

 

The QURAN: The Quran says: "The Ark came to rest upon Al-Judi…" [Houd (11)/44]

 

The Modern Muslim Encyclopedia is familiar with the early traditions that the Ark came to rest on Cudi Dagh.

 

AL MASUDI: 10th Century. "Cudi is 8 P(F) arasangs from the Tigris. The place can still be seen." Eight P(F)arasangs is approximately 25-30 miles. This puts you right on Cudi Dagh!

 

IBN HAUKAL: 10th Century. He places Al-Judi near the town of Nesbin (modern Nusaybin) and mentions that Noah built a village at the foot of the mountain.

 

IBN AL-MID: 13th Century. He informs us that an emperor Heraclius wished to climb Jabal-Judi to see the site in the 7th Century.

 

ZAKARIYA BIN MUHAMMAD AL- KAZWINE: A Muslim geographer of the 13th Century also reports that wood from the Ark was used to construct a monastery. He does not, however, give a location.

 

Jewish Sources

 

THE SAMARITAN PENTATEUCH (First Five Books): The Samaritan Pentateuch was the Bible used by the Samaritans. This manuscript contains only the first five books of the Old Testament. It puts the landing place of Noah's Ark in the Kurdish (Cudi) mountains North of Assyria.

 

THE TARGUMS: The targums are paraphrases in Aramaic which were made for the Jews after the they returned from the captivity in Babylon. Three of these targums (Onkelos, Neofiti, and pseudo-Jonathan) put the landing place of the Ark in the Qardu mountains.

 

JOSEPHUS: First Century A.D. Josephus was a man of Jewish birth who was loyal to the Roman Empire. He was a man of great intellect and a contemporary of the Apostle Paul. As the official historian of the Jews for the Roman Empire he had access to all the archives and libraries of the day. He mentions the remains of Noah's Ark three times. Josephus certainly stated that the landing place of Noah's ark as Mount Judi.

 

BENJAMIN OF TUDELA: 12th Century. He says he travelled "two days to Jezireh Ben Omar, an island in the Tigris on the foot of Mt. Ararat… on which the ark of Noah rested. Omar Ben al-Khatab removed the Ark from the summit of the two mountains and made a mosque of it. Here is evidence that Mt. Judi was also called "Mt. Ararat".

Anonymous ID: 8fac20 Oct. 25, 2023, 7:38 a.m. No.19799183   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9203

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>>19799178 (me)

 

CONTINUED:

 

CONCLUSION

 

The above evidence which are mentioned in Jewish sources seems impressive. Mt. Ararat could be called as Mt. Judi. Here are two examples:

 

First, it is possible that the discovery of the Ark by Prince Nouri may have been at this southern site of mountain, and perhaps what he saw was the stone reconstruction somewhat covered with snow. We find it interesting that he was travelling from India to take over the leadership of the Nestorian church which just happened to have its center a little to the east of this mountain. Certainly he would have been acquainted with the Nestorian tradition which puts the Ark on Cudi Dagh! The Nestorians once had a famous monastery called "The Cloister of the Ark" upon the summit of this mountain. It was destroyed by lightning.

 

https://lifeinsaudiarabia.net/where-is-hazrat-noah-as-ark-ship-in

https://www.theapproachinghour.com/ancient_nations/the_people_of_noah/bill_crouse_noahs_arks_final_berth_is_cudi.asp