Flood Legends
Many Flood Stories Around the World
The worldwide catastrophic Flood, recorded in the book of Genesis, was a real event that affected real people. If there never was a worldwide Flood, then why are there so many stories about it?
Several Flood Legends
It is to be expected that the stories of the flood would contain not only profound similarities but also differences. These differences would be due to both the confusion of tongues and the varying relationships to the true God which cultures had.
The Genesis Flood—Not A Revision Of The Gilgamesh Epic
British explorers discovered in 1852–1853 clay tablets containing the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. First translated in 1872, its contents shocked the scholarly world because it seemed to closely parallel parts of Genesis, especially the Flood account. Indeed, many scholars accused the Bible of merely retelling the epic.
Flood Legends Topics
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TechnicalThe Background of the Gilgamesh Epic
The Sumerian story of Ziusudra, the Akkadian Atrahasis Epic, and the Gilgamesh Epic are the renowned flood accounts written in the Ancient Near East, in addition to the Genesis account.
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Technical Book ChapterA Comparison of Ethics
An examination of ethical considerations in the Gilgamesh Epic and the Genesis flood accounts.
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TechnicalA Comparison of Specifics
In the Gilgamesh Epic, the survivors are Utnapishtim, all of his family and kin, and the craftmen (XI 84–85), and yet their exact number is not mentioned.
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TechnicalA Comparison of Scientific Reliability
The source of the flood, the duration of the flood, and the structure of the ark in the flood accounts are examined for scientific reliability.
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TechnicalA Comparison of Internal Consistency
An examination of the internal consistency of the flood accounts on the basis of the magnitude of the flood and the test flights.
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TechnicalA Comparison from Secular Historical Records
Examines the flood accounts in light of secular history, including ancient man's theology, the record of the descendants of the survivors, the various flood traditions, and the search for the ark.
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TechnicalConclusion
After examination, the Genesis account of the flood is verified as the historically valid flood account.
Articles About Flood Legends
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TechnicalThe Background of the Gilgamesh Epic
The Sumerian story of Ziusudra, the Akkadian Atrahasis Epic, and the Gilgamesh Epic are the renowned flood accounts written in the Ancient Near East, in addition to the Genesis account.
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Technical Book ChapterA Comparison of Ethics
An examination of ethical considerations in the Gilgamesh Epic and the Genesis flood accounts.
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TechnicalA Comparison of Specifics
In the Gilgamesh Epic, the survivors are Utnapishtim, all of his family and kin, and the craftmen (XI 84–85), and yet their exact number is not mentioned.
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TechnicalA Comparison of Scientific Reliability
The source of the flood, the duration of the flood, and the structure of the ark in the flood accounts are examined for scientific reliability.
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TechnicalA Comparison of Internal Consistency
An examination of the internal consistency of the flood accounts on the basis of the magnitude of the flood and the test flights.
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TechnicalA Comparison from Secular Historical Records
Examines the flood accounts in light of secular history, including ancient man's theology, the record of the descendants of the survivors, the various flood traditions, and the search for the ark.
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TechnicalConclusion
After examination, the Genesis account of the flood is verified as the historically valid flood account.
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