What is the Epic of Gilgamesh? | Bible & Archaeology

What is the EPIC OF GILGAMESH? Find out by watching this video from the Bible & Archaeology DIG BIBLE.

[RedLilyCat]

I LOVED this story when I was in school. We were forced to read a portion of it and I read whatever was available on it. The internet was in its early days back then, so it was more difficult finding it online, but my local library had the entire text available. I made it my end of the year project too, it was one of the few times I enjoyed reading a text I was originally forced to.

[suebursztynski]

I first read this when I was fourteen, it was a gift from a friend. I loved it! Many years later, I read that the flood story was found along with other clay tablets from the royal library and taken back to England in a wheelbarrow. They didn’t know what it was at the time. Later, a scholar read the tablet with the flood story, but it was broken, so unfinished. The man, frustrated, went back to the dig site - and actually found the rest of it! How bizarre is that!

[allrequiredfields]

As an atheist, it drives me nuts how much push back there's been in academia, over my entire life against the idea of a massive flood in that region. We know that nothing flooded the ENTIRE planet, but the Fertile Crescent WAS the 'entire planet' to everyone in that region.
Having spent a good decade out of the church, it's fun being able to see the Bible as a historical document that is filled with tons of leads or clues to bits of the world that have been hidden by time.

[joemamacrews]

DISCLAIMER: I AM A CHRISTIAN


the epic of gilgamesh was written before genesis

[mastermer]

It’s important to note that the epic of Gilgamesh was written before Genesis, and that it was likely an inspiration for Genesis. As it was an oral story, and so likely moved across the Middle East in this way.

[troyedler]

This is my first time hearing about this, definitely peaking my interest!🔥

[spiritsaysso]

The God EnliL 🦅 ordered said flood to wipe out all humans. Simply because they were too loud for his liking.

[The_True_]

Gilgamesh and his created companion fall into the category of "mighty men of old" in Genesis, where it is stated that fallen angels bred with women, which led to nephalim offspring. Paul later shows that what the pagan world sacrificed to as god's were in fact fallen angels, so it's not a surprise to see both similarities and distortion between pagan myth and the biblical records. Both have supernatural eyewitnesses, but only one is a true and faithful witness, since the devil is the father of all lies, as are his minions.

[zacharymarkowitz]

Wow that just changed my whole perception of the book of Noah

[ennaroseberns]

Now that confirms why there’s giant before and after Noah’s flood. Some of the nephilims survived through another boat because enoc warns them that they too will face out. They are just clever

[sunshowerpainting]

Is there any connection between this epic and the flood story of the Bible?

[brofessormex]

Who is the rider on the storm. He says it several times

[Grass-aint-greener]

Where do you think the Bible came from???

[GgttGgttp]

So this is the real story.of Moses, not tje bible versian yes?

[johnchambers]

So how many Christians think this is the absolute truth?

[MuhammadIsnaini]

As a real man, i can not belief when Gilgamesh denied to marry a very beautiful woman. So, i can not belief all the myth.
Do Gilgamesh and Ankidu gays?
No. They are just bisex.

[zacharymarkowitz]

But in the same sense let us not be ignorant and not know the truth of what's going on in our world we've been taught so many lies by our government and by people of authority that we do not know what to believe unless we see it in proof of history and archeology

[Masty-rb]

So the bible copies the noah story from these tablets

[willsoonmarc]

The flood happened.But only the Biblical account is accurate.The epic of Gilgamesh is just from stories passed down from generations.But the writer of Genesis got information from the Source.

[handleistaken]

king nimrod who in his pride challenge Allah
Allah sent a mosquito it entered his nose and nimrod was dead before he could touch his feet on the ground(getting off the horse)
nobody dares to challenge Allah