Appearing in late 1800AD, Panbabylonism was developed by several European scholars and historians such as Friedrich Delitzsch, Fritz Hommel, Eduard Stucken, Hugo Winckler, Peter Jensen, Felix Peiser, Heinrich Zimmern, Alfred Jeremias and Ferdinand Bork that many of the stories from the Old Testament specifically the Book of Genesis originated from the religion, mythology and history of the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians and Assyrians who lived in the Mesopotamia Valley from 5500BC to 220AD.
Specifically, it was the Assyrians and the Babylonians who used their political and cultural influences to control a young nation of Israelites by making first the Kingdom of Israel and then later the Kingdom of Judah a vassal nation under the rule …show more content…
It was not until early 1800AD that the archaeological excavations in Israel, Jordan, Syria, Iran and Iraq along with translations of the clay tablets the discovery of the similarities between the myths from ancient Mesopotamia and those written in the Old Testament Bible such as Creation, Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve, the Great Flood and the Tower of Babel.
The Enuma Elish, a Babylonian creation myth written between 1800 to 1600BC and was recovered from the ruins of the Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh in 1849AD by Austen Henry Layard. Written on seven clay tablets in Sumerian-Akkadian cuneiform script with a total of about 1000 lines. The Enuma Elish is also known as "The Seven Tablets of Creation" that parallels the seven days of creation that is written in Book of Genesis of the Old Testament. Other Mesopotamian creation myths that have been written are the Barton Cylinder, Eridu Genesis, Debate between Sheep and Grain and Debate Between Winter and …show more content…
Adapa is a story that was written during the Kassite period of Babylonia around 1400BC. Adapa who was a mythical figure who lost his chance of being an immortal because of the food he ate.
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta is a Sumerian myth written around 2100BC and describes the conflict that Enmerkar who is king of Uruk had with another unnamed king of Aratta and the construction of temples in Eridu and Uruk. During the construction of these temples the workers are given a confusion of tongues and are not able to speak to each other.
In Mesopotamian religion, Shamash the god of the Sun is pictured seated on a throne, holding in his hand the symbols of justice and righteousness, a staff and a ring. Hammurabi attributes that it was Shamash that gave him the laws and legal procedures of his now famous
Specifically, it was the Assyrians and the Babylonians who used their political and cultural influences to control a young nation of Israelites by making first the Kingdom of Israel and then later the Kingdom of Judah a vassal nation under the rule …show more content…
It was not until early 1800AD that the archaeological excavations in Israel, Jordan, Syria, Iran and Iraq along with translations of the clay tablets the discovery of the similarities between the myths from ancient Mesopotamia and those written in the Old Testament Bible such as Creation, Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve, the Great Flood and the Tower of Babel.
The Enuma Elish, a Babylonian creation myth written between 1800 to 1600BC and was recovered from the ruins of the Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh in 1849AD by Austen Henry Layard. Written on seven clay tablets in Sumerian-Akkadian cuneiform script with a total of about 1000 lines. The Enuma Elish is also known as "The Seven Tablets of Creation" that parallels the seven days of creation that is written in Book of Genesis of the Old Testament. Other Mesopotamian creation myths that have been written are the Barton Cylinder, Eridu Genesis, Debate between Sheep and Grain and Debate Between Winter and …show more content…
Adapa is a story that was written during the Kassite period of Babylonia around 1400BC. Adapa who was a mythical figure who lost his chance of being an immortal because of the food he ate.
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta is a Sumerian myth written around 2100BC and describes the conflict that Enmerkar who is king of Uruk had with another unnamed king of Aratta and the construction of temples in Eridu and Uruk. During the construction of these temples the workers are given a confusion of tongues and are not able to speak to each other.
In Mesopotamian religion, Shamash the god of the Sun is pictured seated on a throne, holding in his hand the symbols of justice and righteousness, a staff and a ring. Hammurabi attributes that it was Shamash that gave him the laws and legal procedures of his now famous