More Than Mockery

What if Ham did far more than simply mock his drunken father?

For centuries, readers have been told a familiar version of Genesis 9: Noah became drunk. He lay uncovered inside his tent. Ham entered, saw his father naked, told his brothers-and Noah responded with a devastating curse.

But there is a problem.

Does the punishment really fit the supposed offense?

Was this merely an embarrassing moment of disrespect between a son and his father-or does the biblical text point toward something darker?

In More Than Mockery: What REALLY Happened in Noah's Tent?, Rev Matthew Sarratt, ThD reopens one of the most mysterious and disturbing episodes in the Book of Genesis.

Going beyond the traditional Sunday School explanation, Sarratt examines the language of the passage, Hebrew expressions surrounding nakedness, related passages throughout Scripture, the ancient cultural setting, and the troubling question that has followed this story for generations:

Why was Canaan cursed for something Ham supposedly did?

The answer may force you to reconsider everything you thought you knew about Noah's tent.

Was Ham merely a disrespectful son who looked upon his father's naked body?

Was "seeing nakedness" describing something more significant?

Why does Genesis specifically tell us that Noah later discovered "what his younger son had done unto him"?

And why was the consequence so severe?

More Than Mockery takes readers beneath the surface of Genesis 9:20-27 and into a controversial interpretation of the biblical evidence-one that may explain details the traditional interpretation leaves unanswered.

This is not simply a book about drunkenness.

It is not simply a book about nakedness.

And it is certainly about more than mockery.

It is an investigation into what may have happened behind the closed flap of Noah's tent-and why Scripture has preserved this disturbing episode for thousands of years.

You know the story.

Now examine the evidence.

What REALLY happened in Noah's tent?