Essay On Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
They are the stories, myths and legends that exist at the yellowed fringes of our memories, tales passed down to us from long ago. These are the epic poems of The Epic of Gilgamesh. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a poem written on stone tablets sometime between 2700 B.C. and around 600 B.C. in Mesopotamia. The Epic of Gilgamesh was translated by Nancy Katharine Sanders , a British archaeologist and prehistorian. She had published many books such as Bronze Age Cultures in France ( 1957), Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia (1971), The Sea Peoples: warriors of the ancient Mediterranean 1250-1150 B. C (1978) ,… The poem is about the hero Gilgamesh, who is half god and half human. Gilgamesh is stronger and more powerful …show more content…
Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of ramparted Uruk, known from the story “The Epic of Gilgamesh” The Sumerian story, earlier story of Gilgamesh as written 2100 BCE. More than a thousand years ago making the story the oldest epic western literature.
In Chapter The Story of The Flood, as we can see, there are many common between the Gilgamesh flood account and the biblical flood account ( Genesis 6:5-9:17). Comparing the flood stories in the Gilgamesh Epic and Genesis, one is impressed with the numerous similarities between the two accounts. Beginning with most importantly with God choosing the righteous man to build an ark because on an impending great flood. In both stories one good man, Noah from Genesis and Utnapishtim form Gilgamesh, are saved and chosen to build an ark or boat. In Genesis God decides to destroy all but Noah, who "found grace in the eyes of the Lord" (Gen. 6:8). Noah becomes the source of salvation for the creation of man in the future. A new hope for re-creation after the flood. They are also the symbol of God's mercy and grace. Ea warns Utnapishtim in a dream that he must help the human race survive. Both these men are symbols that God
They are the stories, myths and legends that exist at the yellowed fringes of our memories, tales passed down to us from long ago. These are the epic poems of The Epic of Gilgamesh. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a poem written on stone tablets sometime between 2700 B.C. and around 600 B.C. in Mesopotamia. The Epic of Gilgamesh was translated by Nancy Katharine Sanders , a British archaeologist and prehistorian. She had published many books such as Bronze Age Cultures in France ( 1957), Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia (1971), The Sea Peoples: warriors of the ancient Mediterranean 1250-1150 B. C (1978) ,… The poem is about the hero Gilgamesh, who is half god and half human. Gilgamesh is stronger and more powerful …show more content…
Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of ramparted Uruk, known from the story “The Epic of Gilgamesh” The Sumerian story, earlier story of Gilgamesh as written 2100 BCE. More than a thousand years ago making the story the oldest epic western literature.
In Chapter The Story of The Flood, as we can see, there are many common between the Gilgamesh flood account and the biblical flood account ( Genesis 6:5-9:17). Comparing the flood stories in the Gilgamesh Epic and Genesis, one is impressed with the numerous similarities between the two accounts. Beginning with most importantly with God choosing the righteous man to build an ark because on an impending great flood. In both stories one good man, Noah from Genesis and Utnapishtim form Gilgamesh, are saved and chosen to build an ark or boat. In Genesis God decides to destroy all but Noah, who "found grace in the eyes of the Lord" (Gen. 6:8). Noah becomes the source of salvation for the creation of man in the future. A new hope for re-creation after the flood. They are also the symbol of God's mercy and grace. Ea warns Utnapishtim in a dream that he must help the human race survive. Both these men are symbols that God