Enuma Elish
Briefly describe the contents of the Enuma Elish and the creation story in Genesis 1:1-2:4a. How accurate is it to say that the Genesis account is an Israelite or Jewish version of the Enuma Elish?
After analysing the Enuma Elish and the creation story in Genesis 1:1-2:4a, it is evident that there are some definite links and parallels between the two myths. When researching the history of both stories, it is apparent that the priestly authors who wrote Genesis 1 were present in Babylon during the writing of the story. Of course, the Enuma Elish is a Babylonian creation legend which was spoken to the Babylonian people, so it is seemingly possible that the priestly authors leveraged off ...
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the similarities and differences of both stories.
Genesis 1
The Genesis 1 story begins with God creating the ‘heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters’ (Genesis 1:1-3). From here on in, God creates by word alone, proclaiming what he wants to generate and following it by asserting it as ‘good’. Everything which is created by God is created in order and created on the earth, which is present but has nothing in it, for example; the order is light, vault (sky), land and sea, vegetation plants and trees, sun moon and stars, water creatures and birds, lands animals and finally mankind. God’s final creation is the pinnacle of the story, where humans are created in the image of God and are God’s representatives on earth. To support this God states the mankind are given priority of the earth and they rule over God’s other creation by saying, ‘they may ...
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a sweet water body God is named Apsu, is joined by his female companion who is a salt water God called Tiamat. Apsu and Timat created several gods who then offspring several other gods, however, the newly created gods make noise and party which annoys and disturbs Apsu and Tiamat. Apsu plans to kill the created God’s through his annoyance, however, Ea is pre warned by Tiamat so that the devastation of Apsu’s rampage does not occur. Ea however, utilises the knowledge of Apsu’s anger and uses his magic to conquer Apsu’s and kill him. Ea spawns a son called Marduk who is greater in power than Ea himself. Meanwhile, Tiamat grows in power and wants to avenge Apsu’s death and begins ...
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