2006-08-18 15:28:21 · 12 answers · asked by Toyota 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Interesting
2006-08-18 16:01:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is thought-provoking. There is also Gilgamesh, probably the most famous extra-biblical flood narrative.
When people discuss this, they seem to assume that the bible "ripped off" the other stories. But I take the fact that there are so many flood stories that maybe it actually HAPPENED. Not saying it did, but it's food for thought.
I can't speak for other flood stories, but there are interesting differences between the flood of Gilgamesh and Noah's Flood. For one, the dimensions of the boat in Gilgamesh are described as being a cube - which would have been nautically unsound, and would have tumbled wildly. The ark's dimensions given in Genesis are those of a seaworthy vessel.
Granted, someone could have corrected the text later, but I still find it interesting. And why did no one bother to correct the dimensions of the ark in Gilgamesh? SEHR interessant...
Love, Jack.
2006-08-18 22:43:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, I also heard that there is a "universal" flood story with some different renditions to it. Some stories have 6 people, some have 8 like the account in Genesis. I find that a very interesting fact that this story is common among the ancient people and tribes
2006-08-18 22:34:29 · answer #3 · answered by just me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the Flood was over, people left the ark and spread out, carrying the story of the Flood with them. Over many years the exact details of what happened got changed a little, but the fact that there was a Great Flood never died.
2006-08-18 23:18:47 · answer #4 · answered by Brigid O' Somebody 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They must have heard the story from their great, great, great, grandfather Ham. Is that what you mean?
Genesis 10:1 These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations.
6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
2006-08-18 22:54:03 · answer #5 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That does not imply the Bible is wrong. It would imply that the word of God got around and even they knew about it. All basic tribes wether they were african or american had a main diety. they just happened to have others as well. They had storys similiar to the Flood and others as well. Is it impossible to think that the stories got around to?
No I think not.
2006-08-19 00:21:31 · answer #6 · answered by melissa s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many cultures which have a flood story...check the Sumerians...they were the first culture to have a writing system and lived in the fertile crescent.
2006-08-18 22:36:57 · answer #7 · answered by Alcheme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are creation stories and great flood stories found in nearly every known civilization around the entire world, and they are all very similar. Makes you think, huh?
2006-08-18 22:35:12 · answer #8 · answered by Augustine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and Australian Aborigines, Native American, and Asian peoples have very similar stories, as well, including stories about a garden, and the first man and woman. Curious how they all talked about it when they didn't have bibles to read, isn't it?
2006-08-18 22:34:40 · answer #9 · answered by Strange question... 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...the ancient stories of creation, and the flood, are much more remarkable for their similarites than for their differences.
When you think about it, so are the different stories of a dying yet ever-living God.......
2006-08-18 22:39:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋