Old Testament
The Old Testament is a compilation, and like every compilation it has awide variety of contributors who, in turn, have their individual influence upon the final work. It is no surprise, then, that there exist certain parallels between the Enuma Elish, the cosmogony of the Babylonians, and the Book of Genesis, the first part of the Pentateuch section of the Bible. In fact, arguments may be made that other Near Eastern texts, particularly Sumerian, have had their influences in Biblical texts. The extent of this 'borrowing', as it were, is not limited to the Bible; the Enuma Elish has its own roots in Sumerian mythology, predating the Enuma Elish by nearly a thousand years. A superficial examination of this evidence would erroneously lead one to believe that the Bible is somewhat a collection of older mythology re-written specifically for the Semites. In fact, what develops is that the writers have addressed each myth as a separate issue, and what the writers say is that their God surpasses every other. Each myth or text that has a counterpart in the Bible only serves to further an important idea among the Hebrews: there is but one God, and He is omnipotent, omniscient, and other-worldly; He is
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Apsu Tiamat, Book Genesis, BC Re, Tiamat Apsu, Enuma Elish, Yahweh YHVH, Land Chaldees, Genesis God, Summering Babylonians, Benjamites Babylonian, enuma elish, hebrew god, god 'let, book genesis, god 'let light', god all-powerful, monotheistic religion, desolate waste, 'let light', 650 bc, light' light, 'let light' light, earth desolate waste, god 'let dome, desolate waste darkness,
Approximate Word count = 4232
Approximate Pages = 17 (250 words per page double spaced)
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