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An 8 page paper which examines the
similarities between the creation stories in Genesis, Enuma Elish, and Gilgamesh.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAgilgen.rtf
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it seems that almost all religions have some story of a great and powerful flood, and all have some story concerning the creation of man. three stories which deal with
these aspects of mankind, and the origins of mankind, are Genesis, Enuma Elish, and Gilgamesh. Now, while Genesis and Enuma Elish are believed to be historical accounts, and Gilgamesh is
a legend or fable, they all three have powerful similarities. In the following paper we present a comparison of Genesis and Enuma Elish, and then a comparison of Genesis and
Gilgamesh. The paper follows up with a discussion of the similarities presented. Genesis and Enuma Elish "The Enuma Elish is the Babylonian creation epic, a poem consisting of
seven tablets of cuneiform writing with most of the tablets containing about 150 lines....Our oldest copies of the epic all date within the first century B.C.E. but most scholars believe
the epic is much older, probably dating to the Old Babylonian Period (early part of the second millennium B.C.E.)" (Anonymous Selected Portions of the "Enuma Elish" enumaeli.htm). It is believed
that the Enuma Elish and Genesis, as it concerns creation, are incredibly similar, even though "the method of creation and the theology of creation are vastly different" (Anonymous Selected Portions
of the "Enuma Elish" enumaeli.htm). "The six days of creation in the Genesis myth parallel the six generations of gods in the Enuma Elish myth in type of
god in Enuma Elish that is created (i.e. god of the earth) to what is created or happens on the corresponding day in Genesis (i.e. the waters are gathered together
to expose dry land)" (Anonymous Genesis chapter1 and Enuma Elish creation myth comparisons genenum.htm). In Enuma Elish we note that Marduk is the sixth generation god and he essentially makes
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