1. The Creation of the World according to writings’ of Sumer AN shared the universe between two of its sons : NUDIMMUD the god of the sky, and ENLIL his favorite son, who received the supreme authority after that of his Father AN.He reigned over his kingdom that the Sumerians compared to a high mountain… On the mountain of the […]
A ICEBERG - Genesis 1-11 and Its Mesopotamian Problem
Genesis of Genesis: Where Did the Biblical Story of Creation Come From?
The Bible actually has more than one creation myth, and the one you’re thinking of seems to have arisen not from ancient Israelite lore but from the central Asian steppes Primordial Mesopotamian mythical beings: A chaos monster, left, being vanquished by the Sun God. Myths around the region got adopted and changed.Credit: George Lazerby, […]
BIBLE AND MESOPOTAMIA
NebuchadnezzarThe first 11 chapters of Genesis are largely set in Mesopotamia. Eden is a Sumerian word meaning “steppe,” and was a district in Sumer. The Tower of Babel was in Babylon. The Hanging Gardens may have inspired the story of the Garden of Eden. According to Genesis Abraham and Cain and Abel and […]
GREAT INFO WALTER REINHOLD RE NOAH ET AL
Noah’s Flood, the Archaeological and Geological evidence for its 3rd Millennium B.C. occurrence. (Including pictures of Noah’s Ark) and it’s Origins as an Amusing “Tongue-in-Cheek” Mesopotamian Farcial and Satirical Comedy! Please click here for Part 2 of this article ( It is _very_important_ that you also read Part 2 and not just Part 1 !!!! […]
Eden’s Serpent: Its Mesopotamian Origins – Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld 5*
A Brief History and Critique of the Academic Search (1854-2010) for the Pre-biblical origins of the Serpent who could walk and talk to man in the Garden of Eden via parallels appearing in Ancient Near Eastern Myths and “Why” the Hebrews blamed a walking, talking Serpent for man’s removal from a God’s garden in Eden. […]