Essay Comparing The Floods In The Bible And Epic Of Gilgamesh

Noah and Utnapishtim seem to survive similar situations in each story, but they are a far cry from each other. Each of their boats is built in different dimensions, are made from varied kinds of materials, and structured differently. The storms in each story lasted for assorted periods of time, and they were inside the boats for different lengths of time as well. They both sent out different birds for various reasons in their stories. Each story clashes with the other in numerous distinctive

The Biblical Flood story and the Gilgamesh Flood story include similarities and differences. There are two versions we know of the flood story in Babylonian literature, and both have different hero’s in each, although the cause of each flood is different. I will prove that I understand the task at hand by reading both of the stories, and taking it apart piece by piece to understand it in a whole. By doing this, I am able to know what I am reading and what the reading is trying to say. I will show how to sum up the ideology of the flood in the different versions and understand how the biblical story has transformed the Gilgamesh myth in meaningful ways.

The heroes in the two stories are heroes in different way but also similar ways. Utnapishtim from “the Epic of Gilgamesh” and Noah from “Noah and the Flood” had the same start in become a hero they both were chosen by their god to build an ark and survive the flood because they are both willing to do anything for their god. In “Noah and the flood” “Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age; Noah walked with

Throughout the readings of both “The Flood” from the “Epic of Gilgamesh” and excerpts from Genesis 6:5-9:17: “The Flood”, one has noticed numerous similarities that connect the two articles. Before one has read the articles, one notices that both readings were written a long time ago in the B.C. era. Both the readings talk about a God or multiple gods creating a flood because the humans expressed wickedness. The purpose of the flood was to wipe out mankind. The two readings ask for a man to build a massive ark/boat. Both the boats were sealed with pitch. Both stories talk about the God/gods telling the man what dimensions the boat shall be built with. The man in both readings brought all kinds of animals and some people with with him. Another

In both texts, each of the main characters, Noah and Uta-napishti, were ordered to build an ark or a boat due to an incoming flood. In Genesis, God tells Noah, “Make yourself an ark of cypress wood, make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch” (Genesis 6:14). Noah obeys God’s orders and indeed builds an ark. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Uta-napishti is told by God Ea, “O man of Shuruppak, son of Ubar-Tutu, demolish the house and build a boat! Abandon wealth, and seek survival” (Gilgamesh, XI, 23-25). Uta-napishti knew his life was on the line and followed his orders as well. In both texts, the men are warned that flood will be coming and are given instructions on how to survive. Naturally, if anyone was told a massive flood was coming, one of the first ideas should be to build some type of shelter.

Within both Gilgamesh and the Bible there is a flood that they have in common. One similarity would be that the gods and God chose a righteous man to build the ark. Utnapishtim was chosen by the gods to build it in the Epic. In the Holy Writ Noah was chosen by God. Both of them are to build an ark big enough for their family and for two of each kind of animal. An additional similarity is that the gods and God chose the get rid of mankind because of their sins and their ruckus behavior. Enlil told the gods “‘The uproar of mankind is intolerable and sleep is no longer possible….”’ so the gods chose to discard the humans. In the scriptures both Eve and Adam had eaten from the forbidden tree which caused God

    Genesis of the Old Testament records a worldwide Flood early on in the history of human civilization. Tablet 11of the Sumero-Babylonian version of the epic of Gilgamesh also records a total Flood of the entire earth very early in mankind’s development. Let’s examine the two to determine if one could be the basis for the other.

Unlike Gilgamesh, Noah is just a normal human, who willing to give up anything for God, even his son. His faith is like no other. Because of that, God decided to save him. Tired of the wickedness and sinfulness of humanity, God decided to wipeout the human kind, “I will blot out from the earth the men whom i created- men together with beasts, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I regret that I made them” (171). He want to save Noah and the animals, because he want them to carry on the mankind, Noah was also the man who he trust in, “Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age. Noah walked with God” (171). At the end, God reward Noah with a blessing, God blessed him to have many kids so he can carry on the humanity. “Be fertile and increase, and fill the earth. The fear and the dread of you shall be upon all the beasts of the earth and upon all the birds of the sky- everything with which the earth is astir-and upon all the fish of the sea; they are giving into your hand”

Even though there are differences, there are many similarities between the Biblical story of Noah and the flood and the flood that took place in Gilgamesh that destroyed mankind as judgement for their sins. The eleventh tablet line 187 reads, “Punish the wrongdoer for his wrongdoing, punish the transgressor for his transgression.” In the Bible, God was disappointed in man’s wickedness and said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the air; for

Both of the men in these stories were more righteous than all around them however, neither of them were perfect. We can find many similarities but certain differences include whom was took on the boat, the place where they landed, and what their blessing was after the flood. Noah took only his family on the ark and his blessing was to multiply, have numerous amounts of kids, and have complete power over all animals. Utnaphistim took not only his family but also craftsmen and a captain to pilot the boat and his blessing was immortality. Scholars and historians have generally agreed that there is a striking resemblance and an obvious relationship between the two stories and elude to there actually being a great flood that took place in history.

Compare/Contrast of “Gilgamesh” and “Noah” “The Epic of Gilgamesh” has been a huge interest in people since the nineteenth-century with its theme of a universal flood and is parallel to the story Noah and the flood. The Epic of Gilgamesh dates back to 2000 b.c. and “Noah and the flood” dates to 400 b.c. People have many different myths on how the world was created while these two myths focus on a flood that destroys mankind. “There have been numerous flood stories identified from ancient sources scattered around the world.

Even with all the similarities of the two stories there were also many differences. In Noah's flood story the Lord wants to destroy humans because they are evil. The Gods of Utnapishm's story want to

Global floods have been a shared part of human culture and religion for thousands of years. A majority of the global flood stories share the same basic framework which consists of a hero, a means of salvation, and a blessing. The two most popular flood accounts are the Biblical flood of Noah and the Babylonian “Epic of Gilgamesh.”. These two ancient flood accounts share various topics and ideas throughout both storylines such as the reason for the flood, a warning that the flood will happen, the use of birds, blessings from a god, and an offering given. However, neither Christian scholars nor secular scholars can determine if the Biblical flood or the Epic of Gilgamesh share a common link.

For Noah, it was Mt. Ararat and for Utnapishtim, it was Mt. Nisir. Both men were blessed after the floods. As for their characters, they were both righteous even though they complained about the work they had to do(COMPARISONS). Despite the similarities, there are some differences in the stories. The causes of the flood in Noah’s story was a man’s wickedness and as for the Tale of Gilgamesh, it was a man’s sins.

identical to the Biblical story of Noah and the ark. In the tale of Gilgamesh,