Noah, the Flood, and Utnapishtim

[CaritateDei]

While many on here will say that the Biblical story of the flood is EXACTLY how it happened, could it be that the story of Noah was merely an inculturation of the Babylonian story of Utnapishtim? Has anyone here done some real research on the story?

[elkieDannsa' Air An Drochaid]

Have you ever seen the tree that stands upright through all the layers of sediment, having been washed up to that position in a flood, in the Grand Canyon in Arizona? Speaks volumes.

No, the Biblical account of Noah and the flood is not Babylonian story.

I know a few here who will be more up for this subject than I am today.

Josh McDowell Campus Crusade may be help to you also.

Welcome to worthy.

elkie

[CaritateDei]

Have you ever seen the tree that stands upright through all the layers of sediment, having been washed up to that position in a flood, in the Grand Canyon in Arizona? Speaks volumes.

No, the Biblical account of Noah and the flood is not Babylonian story.

I know a few here who will be more up for this subject than I am today.

Josh McDowell Campus Crusade may be help to you also.

Welcome to worthy.

elkie

Ummm...ok pal.

Anyways, anyone have a real answer who has done RESEARCH on Utnapishtim and the other stories of the flood that preceded the 5th century BC compillation of the Noah story?

[Leonard]

Have you ever seen the tree that stands upright through all the layers of sediment, having been washed up to that position in a flood, in the Grand Canyon in Arizona? Speaks volumes.

No, the Biblical account of Noah and the flood is not Babylonian story.

I know a few here who will be more up for this subject than I am today.

Josh McDowell Campus Crusade may be help to you also.

Welcome to worthy.

elkie

Ummm...ok pal.

Anyways, anyone have a real answer who has done RESEARCH on Utnapishtim and the other stories of the flood that preceded the 5th century BC compillation of the Noah story?

I know enough to realize that the story of Noah goes back FAR, FAR further than the 5th century BC date you've thrown out there. Where did you come up with that? No real scholar of these things could ever even seriously consider such a date.

The Noah story appears in the Samaritan Pentateuch which is NOT LATER than 1000 BC.

In any event, you are free to pick and choose which one you believe is more accurate, or to reject both as just ancient fables. I will not stop you.

Love one another.

[Floatingaxe]

The account in the scriptures is the exact account as God wants us to know it. Period.

[ayin jade]

The flood happened. Noah's offspring then spread that throughout their homes, and the story was passed down through generations. Moses recorded the true story, inspired by the Lord, many years later. By then, other cultures had memorialized the event in their particular flood stories which were not inspired by God and therefor prone to errors. That is why there are so many universal flood stories around the globe. But there is only 1 fully true version, and that is the story of Noah in the bible.

[CaritateDei]

Have you ever seen the tree that stands upright through all the layers of sediment, having been washed up to that position in a flood, in the Grand Canyon in Arizona? Speaks volumes.

No, the Biblical account of Noah and the flood is not Babylonian story.

I know a few here who will be more up for this subject than I am today.

Josh McDowell Campus Crusade may be help to you also.

Welcome to worthy.

elkie

Ummm...ok pal.

Anyways, anyone have a real answer who has done RESEARCH on Utnapishtim and the other stories of the flood that preceded the 5th century BC compillation of the Noah story?

I know enough to realize that the story of Noah goes back FAR, FAR further than the 5th century BC date you've thrown out there. Where did you come up with that? No real scholar of these things could ever even seriously consider such a date.

The Noah story appears in the Samaritan Pentateuch which is NOT LATER than 1000 BC.

In any event, you are free to pick and choose which one you believe is more accurate, or to reject both as just ancient fables. I will not stop you.

Love one another.

Again, looking for anyone who has fully researched these stories, using more than just the Bible. Anyone, anyone?

[Floatingaxe]

Again, looking for anyone who has fully researched these stories, using more than just the Bible. Anyone, anyone?

Why? There is no other worthy source than God's Word.

[CaritateDei]

Ok, the 1000 B.C., don't know where you get that source from.

One source used for the Noah story was written in about 920 B.C. and the other was written in about 750 B.C., with the final addition of the pentateuch compiled in the 5th century B.C.

I am looking for scholastic, historical research on the flood...and whether or not there could possibly have been a connection with EVERY OTHER culture that has a big flood story.

Could Utnapishtim and Noah be the same person? Could the flood be merely an allegory?

[Grace1479]

While many on here will say that the Biblical story of the flood is EXACTLY how it happened, could it be that the story of Noah was merely an inculturation of the Babylonian story of Utnapishtim? Has anyone here done some real research on the story?

Yes the Biblical story of the flood is exactly as it happened, cause the Word of God tells us so.