Essay Comparing Noah And Gilgamesh

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The Bible tells of a story of when God killed everyone because he was angry with the way people had became. God sent a flood to kill everyone who was acting like this except Noah and the animals on his ark. In the story of Gilgamesh they also tell of a deadly flood and many argue that the flood in the bible was based on this. Scientist who have study this say that the story are different in many ways yet have some easily identifiable similarities(historywiz.com). The biblical and the story of Gilgamesh share many similarities and differences in the flood. Even though the to floods are based in different time periods the share many similarities. Noah and Gilgamesh each receive seven days notice to the flood (icr.org). They both also …show more content…

Both had a bird as a scout to tell when it was safe to come out (creation.com). Both make a sacrifice to there gods when they get off the bout after the flood (historywiz.com). Both complained about the orders they received (icr.org). These are some of the similarities in the two stories. There are also many differences between these two stories. God Shows sorrow in the bible while in Gilgamesh Utnapishtim shows remorse for his peoples death. God said that he would never again flood the Earth (Heidel 23). One obvious difference in these two stories would be how long the flood lasted in the bible the flood lasted forty days and forty nights, in Gilgamesh it lasted six days and six nights (creation.com). The two stories were nearly separated by 1800 years (icr.org). God comes to noah and tells directly while the gods from the story of Gilgamesh they come to him in a dream (icr.org). Noah was allowed to bring family members and a pair of each animal only while in Gilgamesh he and a few others were allowed Gilhooly2 to go as well as a pair of each animal, and his bout was square but Noah's was rectangular (icr.org). These are many of the differences that the two stories

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