Are Torah and the Epic of Gilgamesh the same thing?

Who was Fictional character in Sumerian literature who sought immortality?

Gilgamesh, from the epic poem of the same name :)

Is the Pentateuch contained in the Torah?

The Pentateuch and the Torah are the same thing.

Was The Epic of Gilgamesh composed at about the same time as the poems of Homer?

No. Gilgamesh was originally composed in the Sumerian times and passed through the Babylonian and Assyrian before being lost until recently. The estimate is around 2000 B.C. Homer's epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, were written in the times of Ancient Greece. The estimate for them are in the 800-700 B.C. So the Epic of Gilgamesh is at least 1000 years older than Homer's epic poems.

What is it called when a book has the same ending and beginning?

Circle story Read the epic of Gilgamesh or the Tale of 2 cities

What is the opinion of people about the Epic of Gilgamesh?

AnswerMost people do not know what the Epic of Gilgamesh is. Those who do know, quite naturally regard it as mythical. But the same people are likely to regard the biblical Flood as literally true, notwithstanding that the story of the biblical Flood was derived from the Epic of Gilgamesh.

What is America's national epic?

An epic that defines or supports some nationalistic theme. For example the stories of King Arthur define and support Breton/Christian nationality. The Tales of Charlemagne do the same for France. The Epic of Gilgamesh was for the City State of Kish.

What do the Mesopotamian deities require of the people in The Epic of Gilgamesh?

The gods and goddesses in the Epic of Gilgamesh appear to require silence from humans as the noise of mankind led to the flood that Utnapishtim was able to escape from by building an ark. Some of the gods undoubtably require sacrifices from humans. One goddess wants physical love from Gilgamesh and when he spurns her she is very angry. The interesting thing here is that the gods and goddesses don't really play a big role in the epic. They seem more peripheral to the main themes which are the friendship of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, the taming of Enkidu after making love to the sacred harlot but this leads to his loss of vitality and ultimately his decline, Gilgamesh's grief at Enkidu's death, and Gilgamesh grappling with the fears of his own mortality leading him to seek for Utnapishtim and the secret of immortality. The deities serve to advance the plot and are part of the overall religious context of the epic but the main themes are profoundly human themes, deeply religious questions in much the same way that the Buddha's question about suffering are deeply religious but neither actually need gods and goddesses, rather the human drama is enough and religion is not really about gods but is actually a core dimension of our humanity. That is what makes the epic of Gilgamesh so great. The gods and goddesses require respect from the people. Enkidu insulted a goddess and was killed. Gilgamesh was very sad because he knew he was going to die too because only the human part of Enkidu allowed him to die.

What was the time period of Noah's ark and the 'Epic of Gilgamesh'?

The book of Genesis didn't give a time period for its events. But a guesstimate may be made by way of the geological record. A worldwide flood took place sometime between 4000 B.C.E. and 2800 B.C.E. So Noah's ark may have been built at some point during that time period. The 'Epic of Gilgamesh' also may have been written at some point during that same time period. It has been dated to around 2800 B.C.E.-2700 B.C.E.Noah and Gilgamesh in fact may have lived at the same time. The Biblical story of the flood was suspected of having a connection with Babylonian mythology. That mythology in fact was the source of the story of Gilgamesh. But Noah and Gilgamesh weren't one person whose name differed according to the telling in one language or another. For example, Gilgamesh's boat was a cube and stayed afloat for only a week. In contrast, Noah's boat was six times as long as it was wide, and ten times as long as it was high. It stayed afloat for five months.

Which is older the story of Noah or the Epic of Gilgamesh?

The Sumerian and Babylonian versions were written down before the Biblical version of the flood but they may have the same cultural memory to thank as a point of origin. The stories were passed down for hundreds of years as oral retelling so there's no positive way to say which one edged out the others. Through literary analysis it is assumed in Middle Eastern scholarship that Gilgamesh's Utnapishtim preceded the Bible's Noah. See the Related Links for "Noah's Flood and the Gilgamesh Epic" The origin of the idea that the Gilgamesh epic came first was through the promoters of the now discredited Documentary Hypothesis which contained anti-biblical evolutionary presuppositions. As the above link details it is more likely that Gilgamesh was a corrupted version of the Biblical account rather than the other way around. The other possibility (which can be also simultaneously correct) is of course that Gilgamesh is a corrupted version of the true event. Every culture has their own ancient flood legends, many with uncanny similarities to the Biblical account. These cannot all have copied , as Gilgamesh may have, from the Biblical record, but certainly they reflect 'cultural memory' of a true event in the distant past. _______________________________________ Actually, I have to disagree with the answer provided above. The Gilgamesh flood story is clearly dependent upon the Atrahasis epic, or a common precursor or variant of this tale (See The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic by Tigay). Although we cannot be certain, the flood story was probably added to the Gilgamesh epic when it was standardised in the early 2nd millennium BCE. The oldest extant copu of Atrahasis is dated to the old Babylonian period - around 1700 BCE. Consequently, it is ludicrous to argue that there is any literary dependence by either Atrahasis or Gilgamesh on Genesis. Genesis is closer in content to Atrahasis than Gilgamesh, so even if Mosaic authorship of Genesis was granted (nearly all scholars, however, date Genesis to the 5th or 6th centuries BCE) it would still be at least two hundred years too late.

Is the Torah and the Tenakh the same thing?

No. While it is convenient to think of Torah as "the old testament", it is the the books of the instruction. Where we came from, how we are supposed to live, and where we are going is contained in Torah. The five books are Genesis, Exodus,Numbers, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy. Tanakh is the entire "old testament." It includes the writings, the Torah, and the Prophets.

What are some words that mean the same thing?

Up, Above Down, Below Nice, Sweet Awesome, Epic Mean, Evil Ect, Ongoing........................................ *Words that mean the same thing or almost the same thing are called synonyms. You can look in a thesaurus to find lots of words that mean the same thing,

Are an epic and epic the same thing?

If you are talking about Spore, then no. An epic is another name for a massive creature that suuposidley 'rules the planet' Epic is another word to describe something outstanding, incredible.