by hadassah | Nov 27, 2008 | Doublets and Contradictions
The Babylonian Flood Story tablet was not excavated; it was found by a shepherd of Kibbutz Megiddo after the Oriental Institute excavators had closed shop. In a dump of excavated soil, the shepherd found a broken tablet, inscribed in cuneiform, bearing (on both...
by hadassah | Nov 27, 2008 | Doublets and Contradictions, What Abraham Jacob and Joseph Might Have Known
The Sumerian flood story cannot serve as the basis for independent meaningful comparison with the Bible for it has survived only in a very fragmentary state. The first 38 lines are missing, and there are long gaps in the narrative. As a result the outlines of...
by hadassah | Nov 27, 2008 | Doublets and Contradictions
Three different Babylonian stories of the flood have survived- the Sumerian Flood Story, the eleventh tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic, and the Atrahasis Epic. Of these, the best known is Gilgamesh XI, which was one of the earliest cuneiform texts to be discovered and...
by hadassah | Jul 21, 2008 | Doublets and Contradictions
From the Historical Genesis of the Jewish People through the Reigns of King David, Saul, and Solomon to the Babylonian Destruction and Exile Over the past century, a scholarly consensus has emerged that the Hebrew Bible derives from a variety of sources which, with...
by hadassah | Jul 21, 2008 | Doublets and Contradictions
Overview Genesis 5-11 and the Historical-Critical Method, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006. The Story- 2500 BCE-539 BCE, MyJewishLearning.com. Primary sources Genesis 5-11 Genesis 6-9- Noah and the Flood, Texts and Traditions, ed. Lawrence H....