Genesis and the Babylonian kings list.

by Crazyguy 5 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  Crazyguy

  The Babylonians believed that the Gods were Immortal then they had offspring that were Demigods and then they had humans so the first two of the list are different than the Genesis writer wrote in chapter 5. This is how the names are translated.

  Babylonian Kings list, Genesis chapter 5

  1. Aruru=a god 1. Adam=man

  2. Adapa= demigod 2. Seth=Gift of god

  3. Awelu= man 3. Enosh = Man

  4. Ummanu= Craftsman 4. Kenan =Craftsman

  5.Megalanos = high priest 5. Mahallalel =One who praises god

  6. Daonos = Farmer 6. Yared = Farmer

  7. Enmeduranki = learned one 7. Hanokh = learned one

  8. Amempsinos = warrior 8. Methuselah = warrior

  9. Ubartutu = a king & father of 9. Lamech = father of

  10. Atrahasis, Ziusudra, Utnapishtim = who survived the flood. 10. Noah
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  opusdei1972

  I have read the Flood's account according to an Hindu Legend, it is very similar of that of Genesis. So I wonder if it was written before the babilonians.
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  Crazyguy

  I believe the flood story of Atrahasis/ Ziusudra is older than the epic of Gilgamesh by several hundred years and like this list came from the Sumerians. So the Hindu like the Babylonians would have taken it from Sumeria. Its crazy how much older the story of Atrahasis is compared to the story of Noah something like 2500 years..
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  Witness My Fury

  Being suckers for good story around the campfire has its downsides.... people may start to really believe that shit.
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  fulltimestudent

  opusdei1972:

  I have read the Flood's account according to an Hindu Legend, it is very similar of that of Genesis. So I wonder if it was written before the babilonians.

  The Wikipedia entry for 'Hindu' states:

  In origin, Hinduš was Old Persian name of the Indus River , cognate with Sanskrit word Sindhu . By about 2nd - 1st century BCE, the term "Hein-tu" was used by Chinese , for referring to North Indian people. [8] [9] The Persian term was loaned into Arabic as al-Hind referring to the land of the people who live across river Indus, and into Greek as Indos , whence ultimately English India . [10]

  The area was a province of the Iranian (Persian) empire, and shared contact with the Babylonian Empire.

  So not surprising that there is some shared mythology.
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  HowTheBibleWasCreated

  Thanks for that list I can use it in a few months.