The Scriptural Flood Myth

Historical evidence supports biblical events and character. several ancient cultures have flood legends similar to the biblical flood. In the Gilgamesh Epic, Ut-napishti recounts how a flood destroyed all mankind except him and his wife because the god Ea warned him to build a great boat. Others, such as the Sumerian Myth and the Atrahasis Epic tell similar variations of what sounds like Noah's flood. Also,evidence of Jesus Christ's existence can be verified

Many cultures have stories of a great flood, and probably the best known story is of Noah's Ark. The next most notable is the Sumerian story of Ut-Napishtim found in the Epic of Gilgamesh. In the ancient Babylonian depiction of the flood story, the god Enlil creates a flood to destroy a noisy mankind that is disturbing his sleep. Gilgamesh is told by another god, Ea, to build an ark (Monack 1). The Epic of Gilgamesh has broadly the same structure and plot as Noah's Ark, suggesting the possibility that the Biblical account has drawn influence from the archaeologically older Sumerian depiction. University professor Alexander Heidel concludes that these accounts are undeniably

Both the story of “Noah and the Flood” in the book of Genesis in The Hebrew Bible and the flood story in The Epic of Gilgamesh detail a grand flood in which a man saved life from extinction by building an ark, earning fame and immortality in some form. The theme of completing this grand task for a moral purpose holds true to both stories, but the depiction and actions of the divine and mortal characters in the stories contain different similarities and differences.

The floods in The Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis 6-9 are very similar. In both the flood were sent to wipe out all humankind. Both floods however could be seen as symbols as a rebirth or a new beginning to what was see by God and the gods as a crumbling world. Both heroes in the story were chosen to build a boat to save a

In both Gilgamesh and Noah and the Flood, man’s wickedness leads to death, destruction, and rebirth all caused by billions of gallons of water sweeping the earth’s surface. The flood in both stories destroys most of mankind. The floods represent rebirth and a new beginning for mankind, as well as the gods and God’s wrath. In Gilgamesh the gods decide to destroy mankind by flooding the earth for six days and nights. Utnapishtim is chosen to build a boat in order to restart mankind after the flood. In the Bible God also decides to flood the earth due to the increase in wickedness. God chooses Noah to build an ark and store seven pairs of every clean animal and two of every other kind of animal on it

The Hebrew Flood story of Noah and his obligation to preserve man kind after God had punished all living creatures for their inequities parallels The Epic of Gilgamesh in several ways. Even though these two compilations are passed on orally at different times in history the similarities and differences invoke deliberation when these stories are compared. Numerous underlining themes are illustrated throughout each story. Humans are guilty of transgressions and must be punished, God or Gods send a flood as punishment to destroy this evil race, a person is selected by the gods to build a craft that will withstand the flood and allow this person to create a new race. An

The flood story that is told in The Epic of Gilgamesh has the same principle as the story of Noah told in the book of Genesis in the Bible, but there are some major differences. In the epic,

“And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy the earth. Make yourself an ark…” (Genesis 6:13-14, English Standard Version) “For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.” (Genesis 6:17, ESV) “And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.” (Genesis 6:19, ESV) “Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.” (Genesis 6:22, ESV) “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of

In the ‘Epic of Gilgamesh’ and ‘The Biblical Flood Story’ have a very similar plot line, but many several key differences. In both stories a flood occurs, which were caused by the God/s( This shows that in Gilgamesh they were polytheistic while in the Biblical version they were monotheistic. ) to destroy the people of the earth. For both flood stories, a specific person is chosen to build an arc but for different reasons. In the Biblical story, Noah builds the arc due to his righteous character but in Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim built the arc to save himself. Later on in both stories birds are released making them seem very similar. In the end, the stories are separated because of the covenants

These catastrophes had many effects on the land and the people during these ancient times. “I am about to bring the Flood, water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh” (Genesis 122). These floods were caused on the account of one God in the story of Genesis and multiple gods in the story of The Epic of Gilgamesh, a difference inside of a similarity. These gods wanted to destroy mankind for reason of humans being inhuman. Floods seemed to be a common disaster in these ancient stories.

Someone once wrote “The Lord saw how great was man’s wickedness on earth, and how every plan devised by his mind was nothing but evil all the time”(Noah and the flood pg.171). “ The uproar of mankind is intolerable and sleep is no longer possible by reason of the babel” (the Epic of Gilgamesh pg.147). Both stories from two different cultures but despite the differences in the heroes, their gods, and the flood stories in “Noah and the Flood” and “The Epic of Gilgamesh,” both of these stories appear to refer to the same historical event the great flood.

In the economy, money was very important to people, and so were crops, according to the 253rd law. There were many different social classes mentioned in the text. Those were that of: a chieftain, a commoner, a merchant, a builder, a freed slave, and a slave. Women were generally respected and treated fairly, but were still considered property back in the time period.

One day the earth will begin to quiver, it will then go into a full body shake and we will be eliminated from its surface. Much like a dog does when he's irritated by fleas. We were not the first species on this planet, and we will not be the last. Anyone believing we impact what this planet is doing or will do, holds themselves in much higher regard than does Gaia. A sudden rearrangement of the tectonic plates would form tsunamis moving on order of one thousand miles an hour. Then there would be the wind doing the same. Whipping at one thousand miles per hour shredding all life above the surface. And wouldn't you know it? This has happened before. Why do you think the story of Noah's flood can be found on every continent in every religion

The question over whether The Great Flood was global or local has been debated profoundly over the years. For Christians, it is straightforward to say that the flood was global because the Bible says so. As Christians, we believe the Bible to true without any admixture of error for its matter. Jesus Christ, even spoke of the worldwide (global) Flood in Matthew verse 24:39 therefore any follower of Jesus can do no less than believe in a global flood cause he said so. The question now is, what evidence do we have for someone who doesn't believe the Bible to be the infallible Word of God? Someone who simply thinks it just happened to rain in a local area. Let us now bring science into the conversation shall we? Besides the fact that science has

In two instances, God proved Himself covenantal. The first instance is in God creating the nation of Israel. The children of Jacob had entered the land of Egypt as a family, but exited Egypt as a great multitude, as the children of Israel. The people were no longer slaves in bondage to Pharaoh. Rather, God’s redemption from slavery and the land of Egypt made them His nation. The second instance of God proving himself covenantal is in God saving Israel from the Egyptians at The Red Sea crossing. In this account God instruct Moses to turn and camp at “Pi Hahiroth” in order to once again show Israel his great power and that He is God.