The Biblical Flood of Genesis Based Upon the Flood of the Epic of Gilga

BiblicalFlood found Upon the Flood of Gilgamesh In the middle of the nineteenth century, archaeologists unearthed twelve clay tablets. somewhat the turn of the twentieth century, archaeologists finally managed to decipher the tablets written in Akkadian, the expression of ancient royalty and diplomacy. The tablets tell of the story of Gilgamesh. (1) The eleventh tablet tells that Gilgamesh, in his quest for immortality set out on a long expedition to look for his ancestor, Utnapishtim. Utnapishtim was already bestowed with eternal life by the gods. Upon reaching the island of Utnapishtims abode, Gilgamesh was told a story by his ancestor of a great flood that once swept the world. (2) The similarity between this story and that of Genesis is astounding. The table at a lower place gives a comparison of both these stories. The heroic poem of Gilgamesh The Book of Genesis (Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh that he was a true worshipper of the god Ea. When the gods decided to destroy human beings by a flood, Ea warned his devotee and told him) O man of Shurrupak, son of Ubar-Tutu, plume down your house and built a ship abandon wealth seek after life scorn possessions save your life. Bring up the seed of all kinds of living things into the ship the ship which you shall built. Let its dimensions be well measured. Genesis 613-14And God said to Noah I grant determined to make an end of all flesh for the earth is modify with violence through them...Make yourself an ark...Genesis 6 17-19For behold, I will catch a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh...but...you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and you sons wives with you. And of all living thing of all flesh, you shall bring... ... M. Readings in Ancient History opinion and Experience from Gilganesh to St. Augustine. Third edition. Lexington, MA D.C.Heath and Co., 1987. Budge, E. A. Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamesh. Montana, USA Kessinger Pu blishing Co., n.d. Gardner, John and John Maier. Gilgamesh Translated from the Sin-leqi-unninni version. juvenile York Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Harris, Stephen L. Gilgamesh. The Humanist customs in World Literature. Ed. Stephen Harris. Columbus, OH Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co., 1970. Heidel, Alexander. The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels. stops University of Chicago Press, 1949. Ignatius Holy Bible. Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition. San Francisco Ignatius Press, 1966. Sandars. N. K. The Epic of Gilgamesh. New York Penguin Books, 1972.