TRADITION VS SCHOLARSHIP
The answer
Disagree. That the Torah draws on multiple sources is the broad consensus. The classic four-document model of how — J, E, D, P, stitched by editors — is not: rival supplementary and fragmentary models are argued in print, and different schools of scholarship weigh them differently.
Why it’s interesting
This is a case where the headline holds and the fine print is contested. Scholars agree the flood story is composite; they genuinely disagree about the best map of the sources — and say so in print, with evident enjoyment.
Genuinely debated
You can know the Bible.
Not just the stories, but the history, authorship, and scholarship behind it.