Ark Angel

prominent part in the narrative and are some of the beings that help Noah and his family board the Ark. In the Biblical Noah story, the Watchers are only mentioned in a brief section and are never mentioned again, meaning that they never play that important of a role in the original version. Another difference between the movie and the Biblical story is how each of Noah’s sons took a wife with them into the ark. In the movie, only Shem has a wife (Ila) and his brothers Ham and Japheth don’t have…

The Great Flood in “Genesis 6-9” vs. “The Epic of Gilgamesh” There are many contradictions about the validity of stories in the Hebrew Bible. For example, “The Epic of Gilgamesh” has a few scenes that are similar to that of the Hebrew Bible. One scene in particular is Utanaphistim’s account of the Great Flood. The contradictions arise because Gilgamesh is dated as being written before the Hebrew bible. Therefore, The Epic of Gilgamesh’s flood has a few similarities to that of Noah’s flood in…

God notes that man’s sin brought God’s judgement on the world through a global flood (Egolf & Santopietro, p. 7). God instructed Noah to build a massive ark. Noah was to take his family and two animals of every kind, male and female into the ark, where they would be safe (Bollinger, p. 8). The Bible states in Genesis 6:15-16, the length of the ark should be four hundred and fifty feet, its width seventy-five feet, and its height forty-five feet. Noah has to make a window and should finish it to…

horrible flood was coming and that he needed to make a boat to save his family. In the story of Noah God tells Moses that he doesn’t like how his people are doing evil acts. God then says that he is going to create a flood and for Noah to make an ark. In that ark Noah is supposed to fit two of every creature and his family. In The Epic of Gilgamesh the reason the flood is initiated is because the Gods didn’t like the uproar in mankind and decided…

2. FLOOD NARRATIVES: Compare and contrast the flood stories in Gilgamesh, and in the Genesis. How are they similar? How are they different? What is the meaning and purpose of each flood, as well as the outcome? How are the gods featured? What is humanity's role? What does each story intend to teach the reader? Are there any parallels to this type of story today? Give examples of your arguments. Epic of Gilgamesh is a story believed to be over 4000 years old, this story has an exquisite tale of…

cube. Noah’s ark was three stories tall and thirty cubits high and was built with more of a rectangular figure. Both boats were instructed to have one door, one window and were to be sealed with pitch. The men were also instructed to carry a pair of every species of animal aboard the ship with them. Utnapishtim begins to load his boat with material things such as gold and all of his other earthly possessions, whereas Noah put his faith in God and did not load anything onto his ark that was not…

that the preservation of the human race and other animal species was possible. In both myths the hero was asked to gather as many different species as possible to repopulate the Earth after the flood. They were also not the only humans to board the ark. The heroes were also blessed with an unnaturally long life, with Utnapishtim receiving immortality and Noah living nearly a thousand…

For the Bible, God gave Noah a warning that He was going to flood the entire world, and gave Noah special instructions on how to survive it. God told Noah exactly how to build this special ark and to take two of each animal, one female and one male. In the African Myth, the god Olokun, god of everything under the sky, was mad that her land was being illegally processed by Obatala. Unlike in the myth, once the flood came, Noah was prepared…

One may argue that the flood in the Epic of Gilgamesh did not have an influence on the biblical flood in the book of Genesis. Denying the fact that the story of the floods in both pieces of literature share many parallels is outrageous. When compared side by side, the two pieces of literature are almost identical. Between the two pieces, there are some differences but they do not outweigh the similarities. Now, how would this influence the biblical story? As found by many sources, the story of…

lasted seven days. The book of Genesis states “and God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch” (Genesis 6:13-14). In “The Epic of Gilgamesh” Utnapishtim hears from the assembly of Gods through a dream, “Arise and hear my words: Citizen of Shuruppak, child of…