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Submitted by Cuteasacow on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Gilgamesh And Genesis
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Portrayal of God or Gods in Gilgamesh and Genesis
Man has always worshiped something. In the beginning he worshiped the things he feared, the things he could not control or understand. The idea of worshiping many gods, polytheism, is common in mythology and in early civilization. The worship of one god, monotheism, was very rare. Gilgamesh is based on a polytheistic style of worship whereas the Judeo-Christian belief in Genesis is based on a monotheistic style of worship. There are many similarities between the two documents, Gilgamesh and Genesis, but what is really important is the relationship that God or the gods establish with man. The relationship can be callous or benevolent.
The relationship of God or the gods with man started with the creation of man. This is where it all begins. According to the Sumerian creation story all things came from water. From the mixture of sweet water with salt water arose two gods Aspu and Tiamat. They gave birth to serpents that in turn give birth to younger gods, Marduk, Anu, Enlil, and Ea. Aspu and Tiamat grew angry because the younger gods were noisy and decided to destroy them. There was a war amongst the gods and Marduk promised to defeat Tiamat if he was given supremacy over the gods. Marduk killed Tiamat and created the dome of the heavens with half of Tiamat's body and the earth with the other half. Marduk created all the animals and plants of the earth, and then he created man from the blood of Tiamat and the mud of the earth. The Hebrew creation begins in Genesis. God created the heavens and earth and all that is within. God created man in his own image from the dust of the ground, and then blew life into him and man became a living soul. He created Eve from Adam's rib. In these stories of creation, we see how one creation may reflect the other, yet the Sumerian creation came about through the violence and greed of the gods. In the Hebrew creation God's love is shown,...
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