Noah: Back to the Book

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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 Two of the most popular online destinations for Bible readers reported robust increases in traffic in the first book of the Old Testament following the release of "Noah" last week.

"In the days after Noah hit theaters, people opening the Noah story in Genesis 6 increased about 300% in US & 245% globally on @YouVersion," reported YouVersion on Twitter on Tuesday.

"Visits to the ‪#Noah‬ story in Genesis 6-9 at Bible Gateway saw a 223% increase over the previous weekend," tweeted Bible Gateway on Thursday.

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In addition to YouVersion, an app of the Scriptures which hit 100 million downloads last summer, and the website, BibleGateway, Google trends also showed spike in substantial increase in search queries for the Old Testament text.

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