The similarities between The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament.

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[–]HibikiBlackCaudillo[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

For those of you who are interested in the religious conspiracies, I think knowing about the themes of the mythologies in the old testament is a must know.

There are several similarities between the epic of Gilgamesh and the old testament, makes you wonder how much of it is just fiction.

[–]tomatosplat 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Wherever God's truth is, the enemy tries to muddy the waters or duplicate it.

[–]Rah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wasnt Lucifer trying to take God's place? Makes sense.

[–]GConly 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The ancestors of the Jews who wrote the OT spent a time in Mesopotamia, and learned the story there.

The relationship is because they came from the same root story.

I spent a fair bit of time researching the Neolithic population movements in the middle East, and how the languages and dieties share a common origin.