Is the Gilgamesh Flood the Basis of the Biblical Flood in the Book of G

Is the Gilgamesh inundation theBasis of the scriptural Flood? Genesis of the Old Testament records a worldwide Flood early on in the hi account statement of human civilization. Tablet 11of the Sumero-Babylonian pas seul of the epic of Gilgamesh also records a total Flood of the entire universe very early in mankinds development. Lets examine the two to determine if sensation could be the basis for the other. Nels M. Bailkey in Readings in Ancient History Thought and Experience from Gilganesh to St. Augustine, comments on the likenesses and deprivation thereof between the two versions The stri exponent similarities with the later Hebrew story are quite evident, but the great gulf between them demand to be emphasized the Hebrew version has been completely moralized. In the Hebrew account the Flood is sent because of sin, and the hero is saved because he is righteous. In the Sumero-Babylonian version the hero is saved out of mere favoritism and the gods unhorse the Flood, a s we learn from a separate account, because their sleep has been disturbed heavy has become the clamor of mankind, by their uproar they prevent sleep. Above all, the one supreme righteous God of the Hebrews contrasts with the gang of weak, quarrelsome, greedy gods who cowered like dogs in the presence of the Flood and who later like flies gathered nearly the sacrificer. (10) Alexander Heidel in his book, The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels, provides a dry land for the survivor of the Sumero-Babylonian Flood, Utnapishtim Utnapishtim was the son of Ubara-Tutu, the Otiartes, or, rather, Opartes of Berossus. According to Berossus, the deluge hero was the tenth Prediluvian king in Babylonia. Also in the Sumerian inscription he i... ...its credence by God these are repeated in both accounts of the Flood. industrial plant CITED Bailkey, Nels M. Readings in Ancient History Thought and Experience from Gilganesh to St. Augustine. Third edition. Lexington, MA D.C.Heath a nd Co., 1987. Gardner, John and John Maier. Gilgamesh Translated from the Sin-leqi-unninni version. New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Harris, Stephen L. Gilgamesh. The Humanist Tradition in dry land Literature. Ed. Stephen Harris. Columbus, OH Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co., 1970. Heidel, Alexander. The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels. Chicago University of Chicago Press, 1949. Ignatius sanctum Bible. Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition. San Francisco Ignatius Press, 1966. Sandars. N. K. The Epic of Gilgamesh. New York Penguin Books, 1972.