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THE ENUMA ELISH AND GENESIS

THE ENUMA ELISH AND GENESIS. A COMPARATIVE STUDY. The Enuma Elish. Area of Origin: Babylonian, from the fertile cresant region. Language of text: Akkadian Cuneiform, written on clay tablets.

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THE ENUMA ELISH AND GENESIS

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  1. THE ENUMA ELISH AND GENESIS A COMPARATIVE STUDY

  2. The EnumaElish • Area of Origin: Babylonian, from the fertile cresant region. • Language of text: Akkadian Cuneiform, written on clay tablets. • Timeframe: Text composition likely dates to bronze age, or between the 1700s and 1500s BCE. Some scholars put this date later, from the 1100s BCE. • Theme: Centers on The supremacy of Marduk and the creation of Humankind to be servants of the gods. Polytheistic

  3. Genesis • Area of Origin: Palestine, Modern Day Israel • Language of text: ClassicalHebrew • Timeframe: As early as 1200 BCE • Theme: Two separate stories (7 day creation story in Genesis 1, and similar re-telling in Genesis 2) that tell of the creation of the world by one all powerful creator. Monotheistic

  4. What do they have in Common?

  5. What do they have in Common (Continued)?

  6. Start from Nothing

  7. Light

  8. Sky

  9. Plants

  10. Animals

  11. Man

  12. Theories of Connection • Did The EnumaElish serve as primary source Material for Genesis? • Did Genesis Serve as primary source material for EnumaElish? • Was Genesis written down to repudiate claims that Marduk was an all powerful god? • Was EnumaElish written down to repudiate claims that the God of Israel was the only and all powerful God? • Could the two accounts have been written independently of others? • What conclusions can we draw about the two societies/cultures that produced them?

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