Genesis : ' 4 And The Enuma Elish '

Another similarity seen between both of the myths is presentation of a selected family to survive the flood by receiving a warning. This group is responsible for the repopulation of the planet and salvation of the animals. For example, in The Voice, The Flood, and The Turtle, the voice states: “Now you have everything you need. Now you can live. Now you have children and form a new generation.” In the story of Genesis, God believes Noah and is family are the only ones who deserved to live because they did not act in the same fashion as their peers. Once the flood passes, God says: “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.” Genesis and

The story of Enuma Elish are inscribed on 7 cuneiform tablets which was recovered by a collector named AH Layard in Iraq. This story has some parallel tales told in the Old Testament such as Genesis, Exodus and the Psalms. In Enuma Elish presented to the father and mother as Apsu and Tiamat represented as saltwater and freshwater and were present before the creation of the universe. The epic begins this way: 'When on high ... No heaven HAD Been named, called earth No, not Annunaki ... There was nothing ... nothing but Old Father Apsu and Mummu-Tiamat, Mother of All Living". This describes a series of Gods that were created and later gained wisdom leading to a similarity to Genesis presenting the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden and so says: Increasing in wisdom, in understanding and in ...strength. Apsu planned to destroy the gods to form a universe of order in a chaotic world. Ea is another god who kills Apsu to prevent what he had planned. Genesis also describes a world full of chaos and God decided to give skills to everyone in order to bring a new order. In Enuma Elish, Ea joins Damkina and has a divine and perfect son whom they call Marduk. In the tablet fragments, phrases were recited found in the Bible, such as "Divine the womb That bore him" (Luke 11:27), "My beloved is! My son, who is my Sun, Sun for all the Heavens "(Matt 3:17). Within the epic Kingu mate Tiamat which motivated to make monsters to kill the other gods. Tiamat think monsters including a

Creation stories are symbolic accounts of how the world and its inhabitants came about. These stories first developed in oral traditions, so there are multiple accounts of them from different cultures and societies. The Babylonian Creation story, the Genesis Creation story, and the Sumerian story of the Creation of Enkidu are examples of these and the similarities are interesting. As Dennis Bratcher states, “Because of many parallels with the Genesis account, some historians concluded that the Genesis account was simply a rewriting of the Babylonian Story. As a reaction, many who wanted to maintain the uniqueness of the Bible argues either that there were no real parallels between the accounts or that the Genesis narratives were

The earth’s creation is drastically different between the two stories. For instance in the Chinese story the heavens and earth where already created and they were fused. But in the genesis story a dark abyss laying where heaven and earth are now then god created them both

The two creation stores both contain similar use of the water and divine beings timeline resembling a family tree. They differed in the creation of the human beings. The Egyptian creation myth told of how the humans were descendants of the children of the Ennead, whereas in the Enuma Elish, humans were created from the blood. These two difference in the creation of men are likely due to the different areas and different ways the two areas viewed humans. The similarities between creation myths show similarities between the two areas of people despite their different location. It shows how much humans are alike and how important a certain idea is to humans as a race and not just one

Creation stories are tools used to try to explain the unexplainable. For centuries humans have been searching for answers to the what, when, why, and how questions that encompass life. Genesis and the Iroquois Creation Myth are two different stories that seek to describe the creation of Earth and the universe that surrounds it. Genesis describes a Christian perspective, particularly one of the most popular Western explanations to life on Earth. The Iroquois Creation Myth, on the other hand, takes a less traditional approach, while only mildly alluding to religion. The similarities between the two lie in the timeless battle of good versus evil.

1. One way the two creation stories are similar is that the order of creation is in the same order in both stories. In Genesis, after God made the heavens and earth, he created the sea and sky, followed by the fish and the birds. The “World on the Turtles’ Back” followed the same pattern except in the beginning there was a “sky world” where the god’s lived (38). This is most likely another similarity, because the “sky world” and Heaven were probably the same thing.

Often a topic of debate, there are several different takes on the creation story existent in literature. Dependent on one’s religion, different beliefs about how the world we live in was created may arise. Looking deeper into the literature, one will realize there are also many similarities between creation stories. Based on the strong possibility that Genesis was influenced by the Enuma Elish, there are similarities that stem from the fact that they both describe the creation of a new world as well as differences in their interpretations and approaches to creationism.

Within “Enuma Elish,” the Babylonians gave an account of how they believed the world was formed. The gods were viewed as most important, and supposedly had absolute power, however, these gods were not preexisting, nor all powerful. “I shall appoint my holy chambers / I shall establish my kingship”(V.32.7-8). The gods were believed to rule over everything that occurred in the universe. Contrary to the most high God, the gods depicted in Enuma Elish were self centered, arrogant bigots. According to this myth, humans were created to serve the gods. “I shall create humankind, they shall bear the gods’ burdens that those may rest”(VI.33.6-7-8). Marduk, the creator god, was viewed as a hero, because of his overthrowing of Tiamat and Apsu. “He is indeed the son, the Sun, the most radiant of the gods”(VI.35.87-88). Though Marduk

As Genesis is the first book of the bible and verses 1:1-2:3 are the first accounts, it is essential that the story that proceeds be examined. What is then discovered is another account about creation. This creation story is similar to the first account but it can be seen that God ‘is not working to a pre-planned strategy’ , this then ‘hints at a measure of vulnerability in the Creator’ in the second creation account which is a stark difference to the first story of creation where God is viewed as ‘is a king who does all things well: in his own judgement, it is 'very good'. He alone is responsible for creation: his voice alone is heard; he consults no one for wisdom or advice’ . Incorporating the world behind the text and the world of the text we are able to get a more cohesive experience about what the story is telling us, in this case what Genesis 1:1-2:3 is actually referring to. The tools used to analyse the text allows the audience to develop greater insight about the purpose of the text, it also allows the audience to change their previous viewpoint with integrated gained depth and

These two tales are the accounts of the beginning and creation of the earth and humans. In genesis it tells the story of how god created the heavens, earth, and everything that lives on the earth. Then it describes how god created the first man named Adam, The God decides that Adam needs a companion and creates eve. In Hesiods thoegony It starts with Chaos and then Cronos ( Chasos son) overthrows Chaos and then Zeus, Posideon, And Hades overthrowes Cronos. So everything in genesis begins with God, In the theogony everything begins with Chaos and then there is a series of sons overthrowing their fathers and then we finally get to Zeus creating humans. Zeus created five races of man. The first was the golden race, these men were perfect and eventually

The differences between the two stories is Genesis 1:11, God is creating vegetation on the third day. Genesis 2:5 before the creation of man “no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and no there was no man to work the ground.” In Genesis 1 God created water. God created woman in his image. God created Earth before sun and moon. In Genesis 2 Man was created before animals. Adam created then trees then Eve. Water came from the ground. Woman created from Adam’s rib.

Doing this will let us recognise not only the similarities but the differences in these stories. These two creation stories fluctuate in genre and include different legendary features. The first genesis creation story has been written in a poetic form and has repetitive rhyming to propose that the story was meant to be sung. In Genesis one the recurrence of the phrases “and it was so” and “and god saw that it was good” indicate that the rhyme or song is coming to an end.

The book of Genesis is about the beginnings of creation and life on earth. It begins with “nothingness” and in the first seven days following God creates the heavens and the earth, light and darkness, the seas, plant life, then came the sun and the moon, the fowls and the creatures who roam the lands, followed by humankind to finish it all off. Comparing the creation aspects of Genesis to Theogony, we see that the earth was again created out of “nothingness” known as Chaos. Chaos, instead of creating everything on earth, created several other godly beings to create the earth as it is today. Therefore, it can be deduced that the stories of Genesis we derived from the stories of the gods and goddesses of Theogony. Another similarity the stories possess is in the identity and condemnation of women as evil. In Theogony women were created to be an evil placed upon the earth to cause suffering for men because Iapetos, a mischievous god, stole fire from Zeus and presented it to man. In retaliation, Zeus had his lame smith mold the shape of a “modest

There are many similarities in the Babylonian, Egyptian, and Genesis stories. In all the stories one god creates man and explains how all things on earth come to being. They also set up their calendars and show examples of evil within each story to set up moral rules for man to live by. How do these elements compare between each of these stories?