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The Biblical Flood and Parallel Mesopotamian Myths

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  • Radu Cosmin SĂVULESCU

    (Faculty of Letters, History and Theology, West University of Timişoara)

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In every religious culture where it appears, the Flood myth implies the destruction of humanity, through the force of the unleashed waters, and its replacement with a new human race. Water is both the environment of the first creation and of its complete destruction followed by a resurrection. The best known version of this myth is represented by the Biblical Flood, a narrative that influenced the understanding of Creation and Re-creation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In this paper we tried to explain the most important aspects of Noah’s story and to show the main similarities and differences between this narrative and the Mesopotamian versions of the Flood myth (Ziusudra, Atrahasis, Gilgamesh).

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  • Radu Cosmin SĂVULESCU, 2015. "The Biblical Flood and Parallel Mesopotamian Myths," Anuarul Institutului de Cercetări Socio-Umane „C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor” (“C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopşor” Institute for Research in Social Studies and Humanities Yearbook (CSNIPSSH Yearbook)), Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane „C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor” al Academiei Române, issue XVI, pages 161-170, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:azn:journl:y:2015:i:xvi:p:161-170
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