[mentor2k]

For the Black Sea to have emptied and flooded the Mediterranean, the Strait of Gibraltar would have had to have been closed. Scholars say this "flood" is exactly how the Strait of Gibraltar was formed. Let's assume it was.

Was the elevation of the land at that point high enough to sustain a "flood"? If so, then yes there could have been a significant rise in seal level, locally. If not, then it would have simply spilled over into the Atlantic.

The thing I cannot be sure of, is a good estimate of where sea level was at the time of Noah.

I am interested in looking into the theory more, though. I think it's important looking at it both in a biblical and scientific sense. Afterall, it is God's hand that has touched and shaped everything throughout the history of this planet. Try GoogleEarth'ing the area and you'll see the outlay. Pretty amazing.

[onedoug]

Without having studied it extensively I would have thought it was rather the Bosporus that flooded whereas Gibraltar is now gradually closing as the African plate rotates clockwise while moving linearly north.

One has to love the irony of tectonics as a system sometimes so terrifying and destructive, yet we couldn't live without it.

God's certainly done the work.