The Flood: Hebrew vs Sumerian culture
... the Hebrew and Sumerian cultures. In the story of Noah, God warns Noah and his family about the flood because they follow God and are not sinful like the rest of the world. Noah and the Hebrews are monotheistic. God told Noah to build an ark, so Noah built an ark over a period of many years. When the flood came, it rained for forty days and forty nights. While floating on the water, Noah sent out birds to search for land, and eventually it was found. Noah landed and he and his family repopulated the world. In the story of Utnapishtim, Utnapishtim is warned about the flood by one of the gods. Utnapishtim and the Sumerians believed in more than one god. Utnapishtim’s boat was built from the walls of his house in a short time. The flood in this story had rain for seven days. Utnapishtim, like N...