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Creation Anu
- Creator
Enlil
- son of the Earth and the Sky
Chief god in charge of the world
Ea
- god of the water
Flood Story Enlil
- decides human race is evil
- Gods decide to destroy humans with flood rain
Ea
- only god who does not want destruction
--Ea
goes to a human named Ut-napistim
--Instructs Ut to build boat to save his family and the human race
--Ut takes with him several animals - by twos - one male and one female
--Rains for 7 days and 7 nights
--Ut sends out 6 birds - two pigeons, two sparrows, and two ravens
--one returns with a twig in its mouth
Flood Ends
--Enlil and other gods feel badly for killing all humans
--Enlil gives gift of eternal life to Ut and wife
--Ut and wife create more humans using stones
Epic of Gilgamesh
--Search for eternal life story (4)
Religious Comparisons
Judaism
Israel
Scriptures
Torah (Same as
1st five books of
Christian Bible)
Koran -prophets- many same as in Torah and Bible
View of Jesus in all three writings
Babylonian Conquering Philosophy
--Absorb Culture
--Allow people to stay in families
--Allow captives to keep own religion
--Tax captives
--Occasional exploitation of captives as labor or for military
Assyrian Conquering Philosophy
--Destroy culture of captives
--Split up families
--Destroy religious beliefs
--Exploit captives as slave labor