Is the Gilgamesh Flood the Basis of the Biblical Flood in the Book of G

Is the Gilgamesh Flood theBasis of the Biblical Flood? Genesis of the Old Testament records a oecumenical Flood early on in the history of human civilization. Tablet 11of the Sumero-Babylonian version of the epic of Gilgamesh also records a total Flood of the entire primer coat very early in mankinds development. Lets examine the two to determine if one could be the basis for the other. Nels M. Bailkey in Readings in Ancient History Thought and Experience from Gilganesh to St. Augustine, comments on the likenesses and lack thereof between the two versions The striking similarities with the later Hebrew story are kinda evident, but the great gulf between them needs to be emphasized the Hebrew version has been completely moralized. In the Hebrew account the Flood is displace because of sin, and the hero is saved because he is righteous. In the Sumero-Babylonian version the hero is saved out of mere favoritism and the gods send the Flood, as we learn from a take apart account, because their sleep has been disturbed oppressive has become the clamor of mankind, by their uproar they prevent sleep. Above all, the one supreme righteous God of the Hebrews contrasts with the gang of weak, quarrelsome, sordid gods who cowered like dogs in the presence of the Flood and who later like flies gathered around the sacrificer. (10) Alexander Heidel in his book, The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels, provides a background for the survivor of the Sumero-Babylonian Flood, Utnapishtim Utnapishtim was the son of Ubara-Tutu, the Otiartes, or, rather, Opartes of Berossus. According to Berossus, the deluge hero was the tenth Prediluvian king in Babylonia. Also in the Sumerian inscription he i... ...its betrothal by God these are repeated in both accounts of the Flood. WORKS CITED Bailkey, Nels M. Readings in Ancient History Thought and Experience from Gilganesh to St. Augustine. Third edition. Lexington, MA D.C.Heath and Co., 1987. Gardner, hindquarters and John Maier. Gilgamesh Translated from the Sin-leqi-unninni version. New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Harris, Stephen L. Gilgamesh. The Humanist Tradition in World Literature. Ed. Stephen Harris. Columbus, OH Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co., 1970. Heidel, Alexander. The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels. Chicago University of Chicago Press, 1949. Ignatius Holy Bible. Revised timeworn Version, Catholic Edition. San Francisco Ignatius Press, 1966. Sandars. N. K. The Epic of Gilgamesh. New York Penguin Books, 1972.