In both stories‚ large amounts of description are used to build an ark. These specifications make it very easy for historians to reconstruct what the arks would look like. In the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the boat was described as such: “…let her beam equal her length‚ let her deck be roofed like the vault that covers the abyss; then take up into the boat the seed
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Gilgamesh vs. Noah By It is said that life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you take it. It is not the circumstances of life that determine a person’s character. Rather‚ it is the way a character responds to those circumstances that provides a display of who he is. "From the Epic of Gilgamesh"‚ as translated by N.K. Sandars‚ and "Noah and the Flood" from the Book of Genesis‚ both Gilgamesh and Noah face similar circumstances‚ but don’t always respond to them the same way. Accepting
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age-old tale of Noah’s Ark. Told from the viewpoint of a bold‚ outspoken woodworm that sneaks onto the ship‚ the story defies the traditional telling of the classic flood story. Rather‚ the woodworm relates unheard of insight on the arduous trip within the ark‚ the humorous animals he experienced the journey with‚ and the untrue details that characterize the biblical story. However‚ the most remarkable information the woodworm includes in the story involves the character of Noah himself. In “The Stowaway
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build an ark along with taking every kind of animal onboard. They are also similar in the fact that the flood is called upon by God or the gods because of man’s actions. Similarly‚ both Noah and Utnapishtim are from Mesopotamia.(Lambert) There are a few dissimilarities along with the story‚ the main being the fact that in the Hebrew version there is only one god while in the Sumerian version there are many gods. In both stories of the flood‚ the men are told by God or a god to build an ark. The
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the story of Noah in the Holy Bible‚ we can see the topics expanded and relate to the modern era in Darren Aronfsky’s Noah. The story of Noah from the Bible is a classic story that depicts the events of a wise spread flood that wiped out the population of the Earth with exceptions of Noah and his family. In the Bible‚ Noah‚ who has talked to God‚ was instructed to build an ark. God had trusted him to preserve human and animal life‚
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Many of the same old past stories can be found in different cultures. Each story differs in some views but the general themes and the main idea these stories want to transmit to their people who believe in their own God can have striking similarities. That why the Epic of Gilgamesh compares to the Bible in many different ways and the epic also has an extraordinarily different perspective than the Bible does. Yet the Bible and Gilgamesh‚ story or truth‚ myth or religion‚ these are questions that are
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Summary VI. Works Cited Abstract This term paper compares the flood story in the book of Genesis in the Old Testament of the Bible and the flood story in Gilgamesh. It identifies links between the ancient Sumerian epic and the account of Noah in Genesis as well as similarities between the two. Similarities include the use of an arc and sacrifices made after the floods to the respective gods. While conducting the research for this paper‚ I reviewed a total of five books. The first was
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DJ Sims English H II September 16‚ 2012 1 Flood Essay Almost everyone knows the story of Noah and the Ark but you may not know that many other cultures have flood stories as well. These stories have many differences and many similarities but one thing they all have in common is symbolism. Symbolism is the practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects‚ events‚ or relationships. What part does symbolism play in the story of
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Spielberg’s films: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark‚ ET (The Extraterrestrial)‚ Hook‚ and Jurassic Park. Like last years play‚ it was like an interview‚ and instead of E-Talk‚ it was based on Inside The Actor’s Studio‚ where the actors talk about their roles in their movie. Fun from the beginning to the end‚ these young actors are incredibly talented‚ and really brought their characters to life. Raiders of the Lost Ark was quite possibly the most dry play out of all the others. The
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The Great Floods: Gilgamesh vs. The Genesis The epic story of Gilgamesh talks about a great flood that covered the whole world. Isn’t it strange that this story seems to mirror that of the great flood in the Book of Genesis? These two stories contain general similarities but when comparing the minute details‚ they are very different. The story of Gilgamesh was written around 2000 B.C.‚ many years before the Genesis story in about 400 B.C. The writers of the bible probably knew of the flood in
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