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Gilgamesh Vs Genesis - Essay

Gilgamesh Vs Genesis

The Epic of Gilgamesh and the stories of Genesis have great similarities on how the stories are told, and the reasoning on why the Gods or God chose to flood the earth in the beginning, or why the so called righteous men were chosen to be saved from this massacre. The Gods in the epic of Gilgamesh had too many people in the world and they were too noisy, and the God in the story of Genesis the people were too wicked and sinful. Both stories have differences and similarities, but the overall message of both stories is to not make the Gods or God angry.
The Genesis story describes how mankind had become obnoxious to God; they were hopelessly sinful and wicked. In the Gilgamesh story, there ...

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loaded with the righteous men, their friends, family, and samples from all species of other land animals. A great rain covered all the land with water. After the rains stop the arks both landed on a mountain in the Middle East. The righteous men sent out birds at regular intervals to find if any dry land was in the vicinity. The first two birds returned to the ark. The third bird apparently found dry land because it did not return. The righteous men, friends, and their family left the ark; they made a sacrifice by killing an animal, and offered it to the God or Gods. The God or the Gods smelled the roasted meat of the sacrifice; the righteous men were both blessed.
The Gods in Gilgamesh seemed genuinely sorry for Utnapishtim. The God of Noah appears to have regretted his actions as well, because he promised never to do it again. There were a number of differences between the two stories, such as Noah who received his instructions directly from God, but Utnapishtim received them ...

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Added: 4/25/2011 03:22:42 PM
Submitted By: mikejack45
Category: Mythology
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 638
Pages: 3

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