Egyptian, Babylonian and Hebrew Mythology. Comparison of 3 cultures creation and flood story and associating it with their world views
Title: Egyptian, Babylonian and Hebrew Mythology. Comparison of 3 cultures creation and flood story and associating it with their world views
Category: /Literature/Mythology
Details: Words: 983 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Egyptian, Babylonian and Hebrew Mythology. Comparison of 3 cultures creation and flood story and associating it with their world views
Category: /Literature/Mythology
Details: Words: 983 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Egyptians, Babylonians, and Hebrews have similarities yet also differences in their religions. The importance is not in the similarities as much as it is in the differences that distinguish the cultures from each other and their views on life. I would like to point out each civilization's creation and flood story. By analyzing these stories we can come to a better understanding of their world views.
The Hebrew creation story from the book of Genesis …showed first 75 words of 983 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 983 total…they did their rivers that were unpredictable. The lifestyles and geography of each civilization helped shape each cultures view of their gods. For nature was the only physical manifestation of their gods.
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Moses. 'Genesis.' The Holy Bible. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1976.
The Epic of Gilgamesh. Translated by N. K. Sanders. Baltimore: Penguin, 1960.
