Flood Stories and Genesis 4-14-2012 by Paul Giem
Channel: ItIsAboutGod
Date: 2012-04-15

The Genesis Flood story is often alleged to be a copy of the flood story in the Epic of Gilgamesh.  The Atra-Hasis epic, the Eridu Genesis epic, and another early Flood story from Sumer are compared with Genesis, which appears to be closest to the earliest account.  Reference links:

1 http://www.icr.org/article/genesis-gilgamesh-early-flood-tablet

2 http://www.worldcat.org/title/atra-hasis-the-babylonian-story-of-the-flood/oclc/41017474/viewport

3 http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.7.4#

4 http://www.king-of-heroes.co.uk/the-epic-of-gilgamesh/the-flood