Did Genesis Just Copy from the Sumerian Tablets?
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
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Well said.
If I understand it correctly, a large criticism of the Bible’s veracity was the large section of the old testament’s recording of the Hittite empire. For all of the spot on accounts and records of ancient cultures following the Bible’s historical narrative, atheists, skeptics, secularists harpooned the Bible for its records of an empire so large and dominant as the hittites were described with no evidence to speak of in archeology or any other reference from other cultures.
Of course sometime in the 1800s evidence of the hittites are discovered which put to bed that criticism.
As discoveries continue into the hittites, a huge library trove of theirs is discovered and found therein is the epic of Gilgamesh which becomes the new source by which denials of the Bible’s account is judged and dismissed.
No never-mind to the irony that it came from a horde of a culture the same people who are now championing it had just moments before called it a fairy tale.
Well said about how incomplete the epic is and how few examples exist compared the many historically verifiable examples of the Bible.
But I also like the issues of the very obvious style of epic poetry of Gilgamesh’s account verses the straightforward historical narrative account from Genesis.
Coupled with the simple details of the methods and structure of the ark to include measurements and dimensions that reflect dimensions perfect by todays maritime standards verses the ridiculous disc design or cube design ‘floated’ by these supposed earlier texts that would spin themselves apart in any kind of water…
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Guys, this subject is very complicated. The Book of Genesis was written about prehistoric times. Writing was only invented 4000 years ago. The history of the Earth is much older than that. The story of Noah's Ark and the great Flood is about the end of the last Ice Age about 15000 years ago. Those are stories about what happened way before writing was invented.
I agree it’s complicated. The Bible was written by God not about prehistoric times but about the origin of sin, the consequences of sin and the solution to sin.
I do agree it's complicated. But most definitely agree with this gentleman that the point is (and skeptics often repeat this fallacy), just because we have an older copy of the sumerian tablets (or any document for that matter) does not mean that document is older than the bible. It just means we don't have any surviving copies of biblical writings that are older.
Check out a book I'm reading now called "The ancient mysteries of the essenes". In the caves where they found the dead sea scrolls they also found writings that are from the patricarchs of biblical history: Noah, Jacob, Enoch, Esau and many others were found in those caves and they all support what is found in the bible.
@@feliciavale4279 :-)
The Holy Spirit is the source. None can thwart Gods plan. The Bible is as God intended. We can trust it completely.
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Genesis is a polemic against all of the pagan narratives, including that of the Sumerians, setting the record straight.
That's funny. Of course we can all suppose anything we want. :-)
@@ApologeticsAdvocates If you say so. The ancient pagans loved the nephilim, whom they envisioned as "great ones" to be honoured. This is just one misconception it corrects.
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I can’t get over such a statement. There is so little thought. Just reaction. Tell me what’s wrong. Am I wrong that there is no way prove the Sumerian tablets were written before Job? Am I wrong in my claim that the Bible is not copied from the tablets? Am I wrong that there are thousands of ancient copies of the Old Testament and and only one of the tablets? Am I wrong that the Sumerian tablets were not found 100% complete. Or am I just wrong because you don’t like what I said? Come on! Think a bit and give me some substance.