... stories I concluded that there was a huge flood that took place in that area of the world. Even though the way both stories describe the flood; The Epic of Gilgamesh is more imaginable. I say that because it is more realistic to have rain for six days, six nights than for forty days, forty nights. Both flood stories ... major similarity and difference though. Both stories described the same flood but they did it in different ways. One difference that backs it up is in The Epic of Gilgamesh the rains that cause the floods only last six days, six nights and inThe Flood Story in Genesis? t...

• Word Count: 945
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... .(Lecture Jan, 09, 2003) As a way of understanding ancient cultures, historians commonly look at myths. The The oldest written myth is The Epic of Gilgamesh, which bares strong resemblance to the Genesis Flood story, written 1500 years before.(Human pg. 7) Although the two stories have some differences, in ... individual. Hopefully, curbing the peoples need for violence and desgressions against others. A major difference between the two is the fact that the Epic of Gilgamesh is polytheistic and Genesis Flood story is monotheistic.(Discussion Jan, 09 2003) The changing in the times reflect...

• Word Count: 781
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Isn't it ironic how from two completely different origins The Story of the Flood, from the Epic of Gilgamesh, and Noah and the Flood, from Genesis (Hebrew Bible), are stories that come together resulting in the same over-all characteristics? Through ... what was to be a great flood. This plan whether whispered in a Greek dream, or spoken directly to in Hebrew, provided instructions. These instructions given to Gilgamesh and Noah are identical. They were warned of the end of mankind and told, " make yourself an arc and you shall enter the arc, with your sons ... and filled it with "the seed of ...

• Word Count: 710
• Approx Pages: 3

... different texts from different time periods and finding similarities in them can help bridge cultural lines. There are many identifiable parallels between the Mesopotamian epic Gilgamesh and the Biblical book of Genesis. By looking at these similarities we can further understand history as it relates to all people, not ... instead of being dominating over all things he was unequaled in human attributes. Even with these differences a parallel can be identified. Adam not only parallels Gilgamesh, but he also parallels Enkidu. Enkidu and Adam were both made from the earth. Enkidu was made f...

• Word Count: 949
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... the Hebrews and Sumerians respectively. Both sources include a tale of a great flood that was to clear the earth of its inhabitants. Although the Epic of Gilgamesh predates the Book of Genesis by hundreds of years, the Sumerian text probably had a profound influence over the latter. In both stories of the great deluge the flood is created ... by the gods or God to punish men for their sins, and is intended to wipe out all living creatures as well. Both Utnapishtim in Gilgamesh and Noah in Genesis are previously notified of the event and are told to build a boat of grand proportions, bri...

• Word Count: 408
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... choose one man and his family to survive the flood; in Genesis, Noah and his family are chosen, and Utnapishtem and his family in the Epic of Gilgamesh. On both occasions these men were instructed to build a boat, with very specific instructions, using cubits to describe the dimensions the boats should be ... of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" (Gene. 6:5). This is why God decided to destroy man with a flood. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Enlil the warrior god stated, "The uproar of mankind is intolerable and sleep is no longer possible by reason of the babel" (pg. 108). ...

• Word Count: 1149
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... of what happened during the flood in chapters 7 through 9. The division of the story is shown through small details. In a third comparison another flood story is told in The Epic of Gilgamesh. This story accounts for a flood story told by the survior Utnapishtim and was written in a different area than the stories of The Bible. To fully understand the story of the ... ground appears both stories talk about Noah and his family being righteous and prospering in the new land. The third story for a flood comparison comes from Tablet XI of The Epic of Gilgamesh as translated in Enduring Lega...

• Word Count: 1022
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School