in many respects to the Mesopotamian flood stories” (The New Oxford Annotated Bible pg 19)‚ which were written beforehand. As much as they are similar‚ there are significant differences that distinguish the two tales and their reliability. The epic of Gilgamesh‚ written by the Sumerians between 2700 B.C. and 600 B.C.‚ is the most famous parallel to the story of Noah in the bible. It focuses on the king of Uruk Gilgamesh‚ and his quest for immortality after the death of his friend. This quest
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My Ideal Day: On Royal Davui Island‚ Fiji My ideal day begins with me waking up alone in the bed of one the rooms on Royal Davui Island‚ Fiji‚ in Royal Davui Island Resort to a breakfast consisting of sweet red strawberries‚ sour green grapes‚ freshly cut pineapple‚ crispy turkey bacon‚ and fluffy warm pancakes. After eating a hearty and ideal breakfast‚ I will change from my night clothes to put on a red two piece high waist pinup style bathing suit‚ with an overly large floppy neutral toned hat
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My Ideal Job An ideal job for me is a job that will help me enhance my knowledge and skills; a job that will help me grow professionally and personally as a person; a job that will make me interested to work and give my best performance each day. Actuary is my ideal job. This career attracts me the most is because of its variety of work. You can work in specialist areas of insurance‚ pensions‚ benefits‚ healthcare‚ investments and banking‚ or for any large organisation where risk management
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protection and land rights. This loyalty would become the characteristic ideal of the samurai warrior. The warrior class would rule society and politics in Japan until the Tokugawa Shogunate in the nineteenth century. A samurai was a member of the Japanese elite and his lifestyle was dictated by a series of strict moral codes and ideals. True loyalty to his lord was expected‚ if not always followed through in its ideal form. In 1703 a vendetta carried out by forty-six former vassals avenging
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(PROFESSOR) Submitted on: April 28‚ 2011 ------------------------------------------------- Introduction Skeptics claim that the flood narrative of Genesis1 is a rewritten version of an original myth‚ The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ from the Enuma Elishproduced by the Sumerians. The flood of the Epic of Gilgamesh is contained on Tablet XI2 of twelve large stone tablets that date to around
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The Confucian Ideal Person Religions around the world have what they believe followers should become. In Christianity‚ people strive to become more like Jesus. Buddhists try to be more like the Buddha. The qualities Jesus and the Buddha possess are what followers strive to be like. These followers want to become the ideal person. Confucian followers are no different. Confucian followers have characteristics they strive to achieve to become the ideal person. To achieve these characteristics‚ the
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Gulliver’s Travel Essay In Gulliver’s Travel‚ by Jonathon Swift‚ the protagonist‚ Gulliver‚ meets and interacts with several different kinds of human-like creatures. These creatures greatly vary in stature‚ some of which are minuscule compared to Gulliver and others that tower over him. While these beings are human-like in appearance and in some of their characteristics‚ they also show animal-like qualities. Yahoos in the land of the Houyhnhnms are a perfect example of the uncivilized nature in
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The Responsibilities of an Ideal Student The purpose of education is to produce ideal persons to face the responsibilities of the future. This aim can be achieved only when the students are sincere and they acquire the education in the real sense. Just copying a few questions and passing the examinationis not an education. A student can never be educated until and unless he does not put his heart and should to the cause of education. A student is a person‚ who devotes himself to the pursuits of
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Beowulf is an epic that follows the main character‚ Beowulf‚ and his quest for glory. Throughout his journey‚ Beowulf fights three monsters to protect the citizens of Denmark and Sweden. When this story was first told by the Anglo-Saxons‚ their main religion was Paganism. Paganism is a polytheistic religion which believes in animism‚ that spirits control every part of existence. As time went on‚ Paganism began to fade and Christianity started to take over. Beowulf is a prime example of dual authorship
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and Odysseus represent the Greek’s ideal man and woman. Some of their characteristics many people still look up to today. Differences continue to become more noticeable. In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ there are many similarities and differences of the ideal man and woman that societies have today. In The Odyssey‚ Homer depicts Odysseus as the most exemplary male in his era. He was a strong‚ determined‚ and courageous leader; characteristics which men considered ideal both then and now. Odysseus led his
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