The Flood That Gave New Life
The "Epic of Gilgamesh" and the story of "Genesis" can be trace as far back as 2000 B.C, and 400 B.C respectively, written with no knowledge that each story existed in the first place. The main focus of the stories, a flood of titanic proportion that destroys all life on earth except for a chosen few is amazingly similar at first glance. Although the central theme of the stories is the same, the details are what set each story apart from one another. Both flood stories focuses on a central figure that's chosen as the man whom the God/Gods entrust to built and collect the necessary items to sustain life after the devastation. The stories both have God/Gods as central figures; however, Genesis focuses on only one monotheistic God while Gilgamesh has multiple Gods. The story of the flood themselves, although eerily similar, are uniquely distinctive. The theme of the life and death represents the similarities in the stories of "Gilgamesh" and "Genesis" while simultaneously showing us......
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