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Hebrew Deluge Story in Cuneiform (Yale Oriental Series : Researches, V. 5-3.)
Hebrew Deluge Story in Cuneiform - Yale Oriental Series : Researches, V. 5-3. Author:Albert T. Clay This story of the deluge which had found its way into Babylonia, where it was made to conform largely to the Akkadian dialect, fully betrays its origin; it came from the same source whence the Hebrew traditions came, namely from the people who lived in Amurru (Syria and Mesopotamia), called the Amorites. As was the case in pre-Mosaic days, and t... more »o a large extent in early Israel, when henotheism prevailed, "God" is the foremost deity. We learn from this tradition, and also from its redaction written centuries later, that a long famine preceded the deluge, which is not referred to in the Old Testament, that the famine had been sent because men had multiplied, and also because of their clamor, reminding us of the causes given for the deluge in the Old Testament. - Albert T. Clay (1922)« less