The Mesopotamian Connection: Comparing the Bible to Other Literature of the Ancient Near East
New Books in Literary Studies
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The Flood Narrative in the Epic of Gilgamesh
A quarter of the people in the world today are heirs to Judeo-Christian tradition. I want to ask you to what extent it's similar to other ancient Mesopotamian religious traditions and how it's different. How should we approach this question? There are a lot of different ways we can approach it. We could dive right into comparative literature like the epic of Gilgamesh, Enuma, Elish or after Hosses. These are all flood stories and creation stories from Mesopotamia. Or is it that there's actually a lot of interaction between these different regions?"
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