Does this sound similar to another story of the bible?

Question

I recently read a wonderful mythological story from a Greek poet called Ovid. In it his story sounded similar to a story in the bible. Since this was written prior or during the time of the story of the destruction of Sodom and Gamorrah, could this be the same story but rewritten to use as a "bible" story? Ovids story uses a great flood similar to Noahs to destroy the village but the analagies of the destruction told in the bible of Sodom and Gamorrah If so, which one would be the "true" story? If Ovids story was written first and considered a myth and the similar story the bible truth, then what is the real story? You decide.
http://www.online-mythology.com/baucis_philemon/

And please, do not preach or quote scripture, I know the bible and several other texts so no need to remind me. I want to see if you can see the similarities and make your comments to such.
Thank you

Just to let you all know - if any of you got thumbs down you know it wasn't me, I'm not judgemental as some of our wonderful Christian R&S people may be.

The story that was written by Ovid in 10 BC was also a story that had been passed down through Greek and Roman history of their Gods doing the same as prior to the Torah. He just wrote it in a poem - similar to the Jews writing it down in the Torah. Similar stories in Egyptian, Mayan, and Aztec mythology (Egyptian older than Jewish) that describeS similar stories continents apart.

Answer 1

Nice question. Also for your own edification look at the "Epic of Gilgamesh". This babylonian tale of the flood predates the Noah plagarism by 1000 years. As well, look up the mysticism surrounding the man who was put to death on a cross to save others--this would be found in Egyptian mysticism--Ra. It is clear that much of the bible is plagarized from older mysticisms--so it would be no surprise they ripped off Soddom and Gommarrah as well.

Answer 2

I can't be exact, but I think the OT story comes much earlier, at least as oral history. Almost every culture has a story of a worldwide flood, which raises the question of whether it's a racial memory of an actual flood or some pan-human metaphor. Also, most cultures share some story of the traveler turned away and therefore bringing down the wrath of God (or gods). The question to me would be, what do we need to learn from these stories?

Answer 3

You do know that a great number of ancient writings that are used to piece mythology together were not written until many centuries after the death of Jesus. So it turns out that many mythological stories may have borrowed from Christianity. You need to search historical records to find any truth to what you are asking.

Answer 4

There are some who believe the story of Noah's Ark and the flood is when the lost city of Atlantis was destroyed due to the Mediterrenean sea breaching its natural barriers. The bible is a compilation of all early mans myths. As they say each myth has a ring of truth to it.

Answer 5

The Flood was a little before Moses wrote everything down. It's a little hard to forget something like a world wide flood, and I do believe that EVERY ancient civilization around the world talks about a Flood.

Answer 6

There is an excellent book called "101 Myths of the Bible"

It tracks where many of the legends in the bible originally came from. Christianity just picked and choosed different stories to put together.

Answer 7

Ovid wrote that around 10BC, and the Old Testament was written 1,000 years before that.

Answer 8

Very interesting

thank you for sharing

how ironic is it that there are so many stories out there that are similar to Bible stories.