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The Bible is hardly based on the clay tables. Genesis, the first book of Moses, tells the story of the flood, which the Sumerian refer to as Gilgamesh.
by hellectronic 2y ago
The Bible is hardly based on the clay tables. Genesis, the first book of Moses, tells the story of the flood, which the Sumerian refer to as Gilgamesh.
- krapp 2y agoAFAIK the Epic of Gilgamesh predates the Bible by thousands of years.
- hellectronic 2y agoyes it's an old story
- datadeft 2y agoI think there is more than just the Gilgamesh story. Don't the clay tablets mention that the first man was created by a god? https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicBiblical/comments/hxqchw/comment/fzb9udl/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicBiblical/comments/hxqchw/co...