“Build a boat”‚ they said. “The flood will come”‚ they said. The flood stories of “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and “The Genesis” are both accounts of the great disasters that wiped out most of the population of Earth that have both differences and similarities on what happened when the floods occurred. These stories parallel each other in many areas including the warning given to an individual being‚ the instruction to build an ark‚ the instruction to bring a sampling of species on board‚ the method by
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The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Great Flood This epic has fascinated especially Christians and scholars who are interested in the fact which The Bible is based on ancient writings on the human history through modern history. Most of The Epic of Gilgamesh has no major significance from the religious point of view‚ but scholars are recognizing the parallels between the history presented as an experience from a kingdom and its king with the ideas of creation including the Great Flood. This epic uses
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Great Floods: Gilgamesh vs. The Genesis The epic story of Gilgamesh talks about a great flood that covered the whole world. Isn’t it strange that this story seems to mirror that of the great flood in the Book of Genesis? These two stories contain general similarities but when comparing the minute details‚ they are very different. The story of Gilgamesh was written around 2000 B.C.‚ many years before the Genesis story in about 400 B.C. The writers of the bible probably knew of the flood in Gilgamesh’s
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Gilgamesh vs. Noah By It is said that life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you take it. It is not the circumstances of life that determine a person’s character. Rather‚ it is the way a character responds to those circumstances that provides a display of who he is. "From the Epic of Gilgamesh"‚ as translated by N.K. Sandars‚ and "Noah and the Flood" from the Book of Genesis‚ both Gilgamesh and Noah face similar circumstances‚ but don’t always respond to them the same way. Accepting
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Literary evidence has been analyzed from cultures such as the Mesopotamians‚ the Greeks‚ and the followers of Judaism‚ to interpret the relationship between each culture with their respective deities. From texts such as Homer’s The Odyssey‚ Atrahasis I‚ the Book of Genesis‚ and the Book of Job‚ it can be concluded that while each culture has its own different variation of religious deities‚ the purpose of said deities are very much the same. This is due to the fact that in each culture‚ the role or the
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The two stories of Gilgamesh and Genesis have many similarities that raise to question whether or not the great flood actually happened. The Epic was written in Cuneiform‚ on twelve tablets in the form of a poem‚ while Genesis was written and later translated in paper manuscript‚ the Bible. In the Epic‚ Gilgamesh the King of Uruk‚ who had great wisdom and strength. Gilgamesh’s was a tyrannical leader which lead Uruk to call upon the Gods to create a man worthy of challenging Gilgamesh’s existence
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amazing stories of the great flood that are described in‚ The Epic of Gilgamesh which is translated by N.K. Sandars and "The Story of the Flood" which is the King James version‚ both stories similarly. Many of the events of each story are very similar in ways and very different in some of them. From reading both stories I concluded that there was a huge flood that took place in that area of the world. Even though the way both stories describe the flood; The Epic of Gilgamesh is more imaginable. I
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Flood stories have been a common thread in many religions across the globe. Two very similar flood stories are the story of Noah in Genesis and the story of Utnapishtim in the epic of Gilgamesh. I believe that they are similar as they have been said to occur around the same region (which is somewhere around our present day middle-east). The flood in both stories destroys most of mankind. They represent rebirth and a new beginning for mankind. In the epic of Gilgamesh the gods decided to destroy mankind
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Gilgamesh vs. Genesis Most stories we hear of the past are about heroes that are in search for something of meaning. History is a way to not only let the stories of the past move on to future generations‚ but also teaches us the morals and values of these epics. Epics are long narrative poems in elevated language that follows the journey of an important figure‚ or hero‚ whose journey is important to the history/culture of a people. The hero usually faces adversity and returns home significantly
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THE STORY OF THE FLOOD- the Epic of Gilgamesh ’You know the city Shurrupak‚ it stands on the banks of Euphrates? That city grew old and the gods that were in it were old. There was Anu‚-lord of the firmament‚ their father‚ and warrior Enlil their counsellor‚ Ninurta the helper‚ and Ennugi watcher over canals; and with them also was Ea. In those days the world teemed‚ the people multiplied‚ the world bellowed like a wild bull‚ and the great god was aroused by the clamour. Enlil heard the clamour
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