RE: How many miracles needed in the Noah myth?
January 27, 2012 at 5:42 pm
(This post was last modified: January 27, 2012 at 5:43 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:Godschild Wrote:
Have you even read the flood account, doesn't sound like it.
Well,I have,as well as the myth on which it is based, 'The Epic of Gilgamesh". Have YOU read THAT? Doesn't sound like it.
The Epic Of Gilgamesh is also probably the source of the Adam and Eve myth.
Quote:Relationship to the Bible
Further information: Panbabylonism
Various themes, plot elements, and characters in the Epic of Gilgamesh can also be found in the Hebrew Bible in the stories of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (both stories involve a serpent) and the story of Noah and the Flood.
The parallels between the stories of Enkidu/Shamhat and Adam/Eve have been long recognized by scholars.[11] In both, a man is created from the earth in the image of God (Anu in Gilgamesh). He lives in a natural setting with animals for companions. A woman is introduced who tempts him and there are specific references to sexual relations.[12] The woman feeds the man, they clothe themselves to cover their nakedness, and become "wise" and "like god". Eventually, they leave to enter into a new phase of existence, unable to return to their former state.
Most scholars accept the priority of the Mesopotamian flood story. Andrew R. George, known for his translations of the epic, notes that "...the Flood episode in Gen. 6-8 matches the older Babylonian myth so well in plot, and particularly, in details, few doubt that Noah's story is descended from a Mesopotamian account".[13] What is particularly noticeable, according to another scholar, is the way the Genesis flood story follows the Gilgamesh flood tale "point by point and in the same order", even when the logic of the story permits other alternatives.[14]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_gilgamesh
