
Episode 2: Before the Flood (The Enuma Elish and Atrahasis)
Literature and History
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The Anuma Elish and the Atrahasis
Ancient Israel was reaved by cultures that told of watery creations and young gods associated with the sky. The Hittite Kumarbe cycle is about a young deity called Tesab fighting off his oppressive father and his viceroys. Maybe all these stories about different generations of gods are also stories about encounters between different groups of Bronze Age peoples.
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