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To: Eleutheria5

Enlil told Gilgamesh to build a boat.


2 posted on 11/04/2024 4:32:32 AM PST by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring

“Enlil told Gilgamesh to build a boat.”

Correct, the first “written” flood story was Sumerian and predates the Babylonians. and I am sure it was plagiarized from oral tradition before the Sumerians.


4 posted on 11/04/2024 4:37:32 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: Sawdring

“Enlil told Gilgamesh to build a boat”

Yep


8 posted on 11/04/2024 5:18:51 AM PST by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: Sawdring
"Enlil told Gilgamesh to build a boat."

Exactly. If it was written in cuneiform, in Babylonia, it's 1. pre-Apostilic and 2. referring the flood in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Nothing to do with the Flood of Noah unless, of course, the Noah's flood story was adapted from Gilgamesh's.

46 posted on 11/04/2024 1:12:52 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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