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Golgotha’s most famous back float champion and reputedly the only man to have survived The Great Flood other than Noah and those on the arc.
Azazel in the Bible
The story of Azazel has been edited out of every known rendition and translation of the Bible, as well as from nearly every scroll or book dating back before the year 1525. It is thought, however, that his remarkable story did appear on the first page of the Book of Ballymote, written in 1390 or 1391. This page, however, was torn from the book at some point, and was assumed lost forever by most historians until rumor spread that a single page had been discovered in 1979 that contained the story of a floating man who survived the flood by repeating a sacred prayer. The page, the rumor held, had been found by Bar Ilan archaeologist Gabriel Barkay in a cave at Ketef Hinnom near Jerusalem, along with three, rare scrolls that dated back some 300-400 years before the time of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
It is suggested that the scrolls, which would have been worn around the neck as amulets and contain the earliest known quotes of Biblical verses, might have been worn by Azazel as he floated. One verse on the scrolls, because of its reference to the Lord’s face shining down upon the recipient’s face, is thought by some to possibly be the verse that Azazel would have repeatedly offered to God to help him with this miraculously long and tiring back float:
“May the Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord cause his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and grant you peace.”
Azazel after the flood
Little is known of Azazel’s history following the flood. It is thought that he must have reconciled with Noah, who had attempted on many occasions to sink him while he floated by poking at him with a long shepherd’s staff. It has been suggested by some that Azazel was able to back float for an entire year because of his undying love for Noah’s wife, and that this would explain Noah’s insistence on trying to sink Azazel. Some stories say that as the waters receded, and as Noah was releasing the animals, Noah’s wife stood on the deck watching for Azazel, but that when he finally floated up to shore and approached, she was repulsed by how wrinkly he had become after spending an entire year in the water, and turned away. Some stories go on to say that Azazel died instantly at that very moment, while others say that he moved far from water, escaping high into the mountains where he became known as Qaneh the Hermit, living for many hundreds of years meditating, learning the Language of the Birds, and composing several books and metaphysical prayer guides, including The Dry Eye of God, Soft Soul Adrift, Facedown Amongst The Clouds, and Rust Before The Rain, a collection of poems thought to contain the secrets of love as they were revealed to Azazel by God through the pointed staff of Noah.
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