Did The Roman Empire Fall Or Was It Pushed
Comparison of the Epic of Gilgamesh and the flood in the bible
Comparison of the Flood in the Bible and the Flood in the Epic of Gilgamesh
In this essay I will compare the similarities and differences between the flood in the bible and the flood in the Epic of Gilgamesh. I will also discuss what would be expected in any flood account; and what would be expected if the flood account in the bible were a copy of Gilgamesh. I will also discuss why scholars of today might attempt to say that the Sumerian account is a counterfeit of the biblical one. Lastly I will give my opinion for the existence of multiple ancient flood accounts.
The Epic of Gilgamesh was written on stone tablets. It comes to us from Ancient Sumeria and was originally written on 12 clay tablets in cuneiform script. The tablets are about the adventures of Gilgamesh who was an historical king of Uruk in Babylonia and the flood that took place which is often compared to the flood in the bible in Genesis. Gilgamesh......
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