Has any literal interpretationist read "the epic of Gilgamesh".?

Question

The babylonian "Epic of Gilgamesh" tells the story of a flood, a man, a cubic shaped ark, animals being taken on board, sending out a dove and a raven after the flood". This epic poem was written over a thousand years before the plagarized Noah knockoff--so-if you believe in the literal bible how does plagarism (a lie) fit in with all that?

P.s-thanks for no threats of hellfire-lol. And give me a break-if the water came from the bottom of the sea--work the math out-if the world were flooded to the top of everest--then when the waters receded one has to assume that they returned to the chasm below the ocean floor. In order to flood the world completely, this would require a spherical void completely girdling the glove that is 6 miles deep and full of water. Don't you think the seismologists would have noticed this over the last hundred years or so lol.

And further, if multiple allegations make a story true --well all the people at the scene of the crime that say "didn't see a thing" would prove the case. Cops and the law rely less on witness testimony which is subjective--and more on forensics which can not be disputed. So I think I may argue my case lol.

Answer 1

Well I do not consider myself a literal interperationaist (I dont think the flood was global)

but how do you know that that the epic of Gilgamesh is older than the Noah knockoff as you call it?

Even if we were to assume this to be true what would it matter?

The bible itself says the flood event happened hundreds of years before Moses.

It is not shocking or surprising that there should be earlier records of this account.

Answer 2

EVERY culture has a flood story. Even the far east which obviously wasn't stealing from the Christians as they had no way to contact them. Not like they had email.

Gamla: The epics of Gilgamesh were found on tablets that were dated to about 1300 years before ANY evidence of the Hebrews were found.

Answer 3

Dude, you already know what most of them are going to say. A majority of these folks refuse to consider any evidence that points toward the mythic character of the Biblical stories, let alone any evidence that these stories are adapted from other cultures. Their brains are shut off from any information that may contradict their own narrow view of things. You'll probably be threatened with burning in hell too.

Answer 4

Great!!. It shows Great Minds Think Alto. I have one called The Toaster that Doesn't Show fingerprints and One called "My Oven Thermometer. It's from My Kitchen Collection.

Answer 5

Yes, I read the story, particularly Utna Pishtu's part.

Actually, if the Biblical account (related to Moses around 1450BC) is factual, there would have to be other accounts with parallel statement. In fact, I doubt you are aware, there are over 200 flood epics around the world.

If there were no other accounts of this event, I would say that it is more likely untrue.

Weren't you taught in school that multuple witnesses give veracity to allegations, not the other way around? My advice to you: don't go to law school if this is the way you plead your case

Answer 6

I read it. Line for line their is no mention of the '...bottoms of the ocean floors splitting and spewing up fountains of water', which is in Genesis and is scientifically accurate as to how a world can be flooded in just forty days.

Try reading it.

Answer 7

Yes, they have. They actually consider it proof of the flood and simply shrug off the differences to the Sumerians getting it wrong. There you go again, trying to use logic. Stop it!

Answer 8

Not terribly surprising that barely any believers attempted to answer you. Those who did, missed the most important point, conveniently. It is not the similarities that are so interesting, it is the fact that the Sumerian tale was written at least a THOUSAND years before the Hebrew story.

HELLO!! anyone home???? Duh.