Even if Gilgamesh was written down before 2000 BC and the Genesis edition was edited, the comparison between Gilgamesh and the Bible's flood story is closely related to each other. Biblical authors may know older myths, but please correct them to match their own history and the world view though 400 BC. They want it to suit their own myth. Despite the many similarities between the two stories, this intentional difference is reflected in several themes that distinguish Biblical stories from ancient myths.
The Bible book of floods in the Gilgamesh epic and the Flood of Genesis recorded a historical flood never compared in strength. The Gilgamesh epic Sumero-Babylon tablet 11 also recorded a very extensive and highly destructive flood. Are they the same event record? EA Budge, in the Big Blood Flood and Gilgamesh epic, the story of the floods in Semelo - Babylonian records, in memory of the German legend not explained in the world floods stated in the Bible hypothesis Also many original events
Is the flood of Gilgamesh the basis of the biblical flood? Origin of the Old Testament documented the flood of the world early in human civilization. The Gilgamesh Epic-Somero-Babylon version of Tablet 11 also recorded the flooding of the entire planet in the early stages of human development. Let's examine both and decide if one can be the basis of the other. Nels M. Bailkey in the reading of ancient history: the thought and experience from Gilganes to Saint Augustine, the lack of similarities and comments between the two versions: a remarkable similarity with later Hebrew stories But the big gap between them needs to be e.
Bible floods and epic poems of the Gilgamesh flood of the Old Testament Genesis are similar to Gilgamesh epic semilo - Babylon version tablets discovered by British archaeologists in Assyria in the 19th century. The account was recorded on the 11th. In the preface to the book "Gilgamesh epic", NK Sanders summarizes the involvement of pagan gods in the smollo - Babylonian flood story. As usual with the floods of Gilgamesh, Ishtar and Enil, it is an advocate of destruction.