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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1872 words (7.49 pages) in the essay titled Gilgamesh vs Genesis In our society, which is overwhelmingly Judeo-Christian, students oftenfind it difficult to compare Bible stories with tales from other cultures, because our own belief system is wrapped up in the prior, and it is hard for many of us to go against our traditional faith to evaluate them objectively. But in a comparison of the Biblical book of Genesis with the ancient Sumerian text, Epic of Gilgamesh, many parallels suggest that the same type of spiritual searching inspired the composition of both works. It would seem that both cultures shared a concern for the nature of human life, and how its shortness affects the way life should be lived. However, the conclusions each culture derived from their observations are very different, and this led them to develop very different Gilgamesh is an interesting story because it contains several episodes in common with the Judeo-Christian Bible. For example, John Noss “The original flood story was Sumerian and came out of grim experiences of the overflowing of the two rivers [the Tigris and the Euphrates]. Several of the later versions of the tale, mostly fragmentary, have come down to us. The finest of these forms part of the Gilgamesh epic, into which it was inserted as an interesting interpolation. According to this narrative, the gods decided in anger to punish man’s sins by a flood. Their secret decision was revealed to one man. The good god Ea felt kindly toward Utnapishtim [Gilgames... |
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Keywords: gilgamesh epic, epic of gilgamesh, ancient sumerian, judeo christian, book of genesis, flood story, christian bible, bible stories, utnapishtim, noss, cultures, proceeded, christian students, traditional faith, build an ark, interesting story, good god, two rivers, tigris, babylonian