The Epic of Gilgamesh has very many similarities to the Old Testament in the Bible. Some of the characters, events, and story lines seem to have drawn a lot of influence from the Bible. Many times while reading this iconic epic the reader may relate to the stories they were told as a young child in Sunday school. These two have very different endings, lengths, and meanings but they have a lot of the similar stories. A few of the more popular stories this epic really relates to are Noah and the ark, the Ten Commandments, and Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Gilgamesh is told about the gods meeting and deciding to bring a great flood on mankind, in order to destroy them. After the gods meet and make their decision Ea, the god of wisdom, …show more content…
These commandments were written, by God himself, onto two stone tables. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh sets out to the edge of the world to learn about the days before him and the ways of the gods. Gilgamesh records everything onto stone tablets. The reader may assume that if Gilgamesh were to share his notes that are on the tablets, then they would try to live like the gods. Another key factor that ties these two stories together is that Gilgamesh himself is two-thirds god. the Epic of Gilgamesh is written on eleven tablets with a fragment of a twelfth, while the Ten Commandments were only on two, both stories have something written on stone tablets by gods or a God. The way Gilgamesh uses tables and the fact that the Epic of Gilgamesh is written on them as well links it to the story of the Ten Commandments in the …show more content…
God puts Adam in charge of the Garden as well as all of the animals and plants that are in the garden. God sees that Adam is lonely so He creates a woman, Eve, to become Adams helper/wife. Later on Eve eats fruit from a tree that is forbidden, she convinces Adam to eat the forbidden fruit as well. In result of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit God kicks them out of the garden, they will now die and have more of a mortal life. In the binging of the epic Enkidu, Gilgamesh’s friend who is part human and wild animal, lives with the animals and is considered one of them. A hunter sees Enkidu and sends a temple prostitute to him in order to “tame” him. After he sleeps with the woman the animals disown him. Both Adam and Enkidu were influenced by women, both men lost something very valuable because of the women. Many details of the story about Enkidu in the Epic of Gilgamesh was influenced by the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden from the Old
Gilgamesh is told about the gods meeting and deciding to bring a great flood on mankind, in order to destroy them. After the gods meet and make their decision Ea, the god of wisdom, …show more content…
These commandments were written, by God himself, onto two stone tables. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh sets out to the edge of the world to learn about the days before him and the ways of the gods. Gilgamesh records everything onto stone tablets. The reader may assume that if Gilgamesh were to share his notes that are on the tablets, then they would try to live like the gods. Another key factor that ties these two stories together is that Gilgamesh himself is two-thirds god. the Epic of Gilgamesh is written on eleven tablets with a fragment of a twelfth, while the Ten Commandments were only on two, both stories have something written on stone tablets by gods or a God. The way Gilgamesh uses tables and the fact that the Epic of Gilgamesh is written on them as well links it to the story of the Ten Commandments in the …show more content…
God puts Adam in charge of the Garden as well as all of the animals and plants that are in the garden. God sees that Adam is lonely so He creates a woman, Eve, to become Adams helper/wife. Later on Eve eats fruit from a tree that is forbidden, she convinces Adam to eat the forbidden fruit as well. In result of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit God kicks them out of the garden, they will now die and have more of a mortal life. In the binging of the epic Enkidu, Gilgamesh’s friend who is part human and wild animal, lives with the animals and is considered one of them. A hunter sees Enkidu and sends a temple prostitute to him in order to “tame” him. After he sleeps with the woman the animals disown him. Both Adam and Enkidu were influenced by women, both men lost something very valuable because of the women. Many details of the story about Enkidu in the Epic of Gilgamesh was influenced by the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden from the Old