Noah Essay

God told Noah, “Make yourself an ark of oleander wood; make the ark with cabins, and smear it with bitumen inside and out. This is how you are to make it: is the length of the ark is to be three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits”(Smith and Goodspeed 5). After surviving the storm god said to Noah and his sons, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth. The fear and dread of you shall

differences to be noticed. The first difference is how the two characters found themselves to be the builder and survivor. In Genesis, God had noticed Noah as righteous. God found Noah to be faithful to him when no one else would. In return, God gave Noah specific instructions on how to build the ark, insuring that He will be with him and protect him. God told Noah about the flood because he was the chosen one to start the next generation of people. Utanapistim, was chosen differently. He was chosen, by which

another to a different literary work, making “one story”. Having striking similarities, but being written 2000 years apart, the flood stories of Utnapishtim in The Epic of Gilgamesh and Noah in the Bible back up what Foster says. Gilgamesh in an old epic about a man named Gilgamesh and his quest for immortality, while Noah is a not quite so old story of when God flooded the earth. Each story is unique in its own way with having slight differences, perhaps caused by the extensive time period between each

roots of the Old Testament tale of Noah. It tells a similar story, complete with detailed instructions for building a giant vessel known as a coracle. Also, the tablet says that animals should enter “two by two.”( "Ancient Tablet Reveals New Details about Noah's Ark Prototype”). With saying this, Noah’s Ark does exist. In the Bible, Noah’s ark is used to protect Noah and his family from a flood, along with two of each kind of animal. God says in the Bible that Noah is to

Peter says God will again bring punishment on a wicked earth. But this time it will be with fire, not water. To what extent is the sin of Sodom linked to the days of Noah? What did those times have in common? Both periods were extremely evil in the sight of the Lord. Both had only a handful “righteous” people. Both had clueless societies that mocked the idea that judgment was coming. Both had unions between persons that God considered an abomination. Sodom was steeped in perverted sexual behavior

flood, the food, and the snake. In Genesis God sent a flood to destroy all of mankind, just like how the gods sent a flood to also destroy mankind in Gilgamesh. In both stories God chose someone to build boat to restart mankind, in Genesis he chose Noah, and in Gilgamesh he chose Utnapishtim. The food plays different role in each story. In Genesis food was what it took for them to look their immortality, however in Gilgamesh food was needed in order to achieve immortality. The snake is what it took

that Utnapishtim survived on his own and is rewarded by Enlil with the gift of immortality. In the Genisis after Noah leaves the Ark he gives Goad a sacrifice. "And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar"(Gen. 8:20). God then rewards him by making the first covenant of the Hebrew Bible with Noah. Then in the end a sign was given to show that the destruction of earth in a flood wont happen again, in Genesis

god Ea, and Noah is chosen in the Hebrew bible because he worshiped God. Utanapishtim and Noah build an ark under the guidance of their seer to bring all species of animal and any food. Utanapishtim was allowed to bring whatever silver, gold, all of his family and kin onto the ship while Noah was only allowed to bring his immediate family and son’s wives. Noah had order from God to bring specifically two of each kind of creatures and even the creepy crawlers onto the boat. Unlike like Noah, who built

most likely different because of culture. The epic of Gilgamesh tells of Gilgamesh determined to find immortality since he now fears death after seeing Enkidu die. It is upon this search that he meets Utnapishtim, the character most like the Biblical Noah. Utnapishtim had become immortal after building a ship to survive the Great Deluge that had destroyed mankind. He brought all of his relatives and all species of creatures aboard the vessel. Utnapishtim released birds to find land, and the ship landed

Gilgamesh brought his family on the boat as well, but he also brought all the craftsmen that helped to build it, (relg-studies). This is a huge difference between the stories. The craftsmen were an added group that reproduced and passed on their skills. Noah only took his family, relying on God to provide them with the necessary items that they could not produce. There were not any other people on board. Therefore, the corruption of this world is thought to come from one of Noah’s sons, descending down