is the real question. The British archaeologist Sir Leonard Wooley (l. 1880-1960 CE) challenged this latter claim through his excavations at the ruins of ancient Ur in the 1920’s CE. After, for seven days, the flood sweeps over the cult centers. An, Enlil, Enki, and Ninhursag made all the gods of heaven and earth take an oath invoking An and Enlil. This age of skepticism would see the publication of Darwin’s Origin of Species in 1859 CE suggesting that human beings, rather than being created by God as “a little lower than the angels” (Psalm 8:5), evolved from primates. The Sumerian Flood Story is considered the first written account of the popular myth of a worldwide flood sent by divine agency which appears in almost every culture of the ancient world. The accounts of the Great Flood on the Nippur tablet read: “…By the wall I will say a word to you, Take my word, Give ear to my instructions: By our…a flood will sweep over the cult- enters; To destroy the seed of mankind…, Is the decision, the word of the assembly of the gods. While many people doubt the Great Flood ever existed, the truth is that this ‘story’ goes back thousands of years.Many people are familiar with the Genesis Flood Narrative which is written down in chapters 6–9 in the Book of Genesis, in the Bible. The story was first discovered in 1893 CE, during the period of widespread expeditions and excavations throughout Mesopotamia funded by western institutions. It was left untranslated until 1912 CE when the German Assyriologist Arno Poebel (l. 1881-1958 CE) deciphered it as part of his job for the University of Pennsylvania. …seat in heaven…flood…mankind. Originally published by the Ancient History Encyclopedia, 05.07.2020, under a Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. [Here there are approximately 33 lines missing], “They have made you swear by heaven and earth…An and Enlil have made you swear by heaven and earth…”, More and more animals disembarked onto the earth. The Sumerian Flood Story (also known as the Eridu Genesis, Sumerian Creation Myth, Sumerian Deluge Myth) is the oldest Mesopotamian text relating the tale of the Great Flood which would appear in later works such as the Atrahasis (17th century BCE), The Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2150-1400 BCE), and – most famously – the story of Noah and his ark from the biblical Book of … Brewminate uses Infolinks and is an Amazon Associate with links to items available there. Individual pages signify the copyright for the content on that page. In the later Atrahasis, the reason is that people become too numerous and too loud and disturb Enlil’s rest. However, the truth is that the great flood is mentioned earlier in totally different texts. Curiosmos Send an email March 29, 2019 Last Updated: July 11, 2020. The Biblical account can be seen as the fourth branch to this tree.. Let them build many cities so that I can refresh myself in their shade. I will oversee their labor. Let them lay the bricks of many cities in pure places, let them establish places of divination in pure places, and when the fire-quenching…is arranged, the divine rites and exalted powers are perfected and the earth is irrigated, I will establish well-being there. The small tablet of the Sumerian Flood story found at Nippur, missing much of its narrative, had provided Wooley with the academic freedom to make the kind of assertions concerning the flood in the 1920s CE which would have been unthinkable a mere century before. Ziudsura could drill an opening in the huge boat and hero Utu entered the huge boat with his rays. It is probable these details also appeared in the earlier Sumerian Flood Story where Enki has the same role. This is the oldest description of the Great Flood - And it predates the Bible, NASA's 'impossible' engine works – but no one knows how, World Renowned scientist claims to have found proof 'God' exists, Saqqara Reveals More Exquisite Coffins, Mummies, and Rare Wooden Statues, Child-eating Namahage of Japan Prepare COVID-19 Safety Measures for New Year, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9PAxAK6fBk. Dalley writes: All these flood stories may be explained as deriving from the one Mesopotamian original, used in traveler’s tales for over two thousand years, along the great caravan routes of Western Asia: translated, embroidered, and adapted according to local tastes to give a myriad of divergent versions. The Sumerian Flood Story begins with the creation of the world, the “black-headed people” (the Sumerians), and then the animals. The Babylonian story of the Great Flood has come down to us in three versions, which contain so many echoes that it is likely that tradition was not oral, but written. As a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, this site may earn from qualifying purchases. After, for seven days, the flood sweeps over the cult centers. The 19th century CE saw the unprecedented practice of increasingly critical readings of the Bible which questioned long-held beliefs regarding its divine origin and supposed infallibility. They grant him eternal life in the paradise of the land of Dilmun. The Genesis flood narrative is a flood myth found in the Tanakh (chapters 6–9 in the Book of Genesis). God sends the flood because of humanity’s misdeeds and then remake’s it using the microcosm of Noah’s ark. Other old flood myths are from Assyria (600BC), Greece, India, Africa, South-America, Siberia etc. These “giants” as they are called in EVERY culture on earth, which also have the flood story, had a purpose to destroy the genetics of mankind, and every animal. The Great Flood happened to destroy the offspring of the fallen angels that came to the earth, who oppressed and destroyed mankind. Such friends these satanists have. The original may or may not have been the Sumerian Flood Story but many scholars in the present day, including Stephanie Dalley, believe it was. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Not hard to find and investigate on youtube. The story of the Great Flood would have served a number of purposes but, primarily, explained the creation of the world as the people knew it while strongly suggesting they pay greater attention to the divine will in their daily lives. The story of Noah may be part of the Abrahamic canon, but the legend of the Great Flood almost certainly has prebiblical origins, rooted in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia. A flood will sweep over the…in all the…A decision that the seed of mankind is to be destroyed has been made. Since the Bible had been written by God, it was infallible and could be trusted not only in dating the age of the earth but for any other aspect of human existence. In this later work, after the flood, measures are taken by the gods to limit the human lifespan and increase mortality and these kinds of details may have made up the missing text from the earlier Sumerian Flood Story which follows: I will stop the annihilation of my creatures, and I will return the people from their dwelling grounds. Copyright Ancient Code. Referred to by mainstream scholars as the Nippur Tablet, the ancient clay tablet recovered from the ancient city of Nippur is the only existing ancient document of the Sumerian Flood Story. The fifth, Suruppag, was given to Sud. Here’s what I find interesting: In fact, there are a number of flood stories that predate the flood described in the Bible. The second, Bad-tibira, was given to the Mistress. Sodom and Gomorrah he also proves, showing the 95% pure sulfur balls (impossible naturally) that rained down and melted into the rock, ALL OVER these 5 cities of the plain which were destroyed y supernatural means. Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. At that time, because of preserving the animals and the seed of mankind, they settled Ziudsura the king in an overseas country, in the land of Dilmun, where the sun rises…[Here there are approximately 39 lines missing]. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! In those days, Ziudsura the king, the gudug priest…He fashioned…The humble, committed, reverent…Day by day, standing constantly at…Something that was not a dream appeared, conversation…taking an oath by invoking heaven and earth. Ziudsura dutifully makes a sacrifice to the god but what happens after is lost through more missing lines. The story tells of God's decision to return the Earth to its pre-creation state of watery chaos and then remake it in a reversal of creation. In the Ki-ur, the gods…a wall. An and Enlil treated Ziudsura kindly…they granted him life like a god, they brought down to him eternal life. By Dr. Joshua J. MarkProfessor of PhilosophyMarist College. So you see, finding a flood story that predates the Bible doesn’t surprise me. It began over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on 1-28-2011. So he made…Then Nintud…Holy Inanna made a lament for its people. Scholars who have studied the text generally rely on the later Akkadian/Babylonian Atrahasis – which tells the same tale – to fill in the blanks of missing text from the broken tablet. But what people are unaware of is the fact that the OLDEST and most ancient story of the Great Deluge originated in ancient Sumeria. The story of Noah is written in the Book of Genesis that is the first book in the Old Testament and also the Hebrew Torah.