Comparing Noah's Ark In Genesis And The Epic Of Gilgamesh

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In the readings I found a significant meaning to each story that involved a flood. I believe that the human concept of a disastrous flood had a reason behind every flood. In Genesis God seen that evil was overtaking humankind and God chose to “wipe out the human race” with a flood. In the Epic of Gilgamesh the story had the same concept as Noah’s Ark in Genesis and that was to destroy mankind and the sins that was within them. The flood(s) was definitely global, in many cultures the stories of the flood(s) exist. They are all told in similar, but different forms, but they all involve the same story line and that was to destroy mankind and his sins or sinful acts from mankind. There is much global evidence that proves the flood(s) happened than

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