First published at 23:45 UTC on June 29th, 2018.
How reliable is the Old Testament? Is the Old Testament flawed? By analyzing stories like the Enuma Elish, the Sumerian influence on the bible becomes apparent. There are several forged stories in the Old Testament, including the Epic of Gilgamesh a…
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How reliable is the Old Testament? Is the Old Testament flawed? By analyzing stories like the Enuma Elish, the Sumerian influence on the bible becomes apparent. There are several forged stories in the Old Testament, including the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Epic of Atrahasis. In both of these Sumerian myths, a great flood is predicted by a god, who instructs a man to build a boat, and is saved in a very similar manner.
What's wrong with the Old Testament? Well, the pagan influence of the Old Testament even appears in the literary style of the Torah, where Yahweh exclaims things like "in our image". The fact that multiple Sumerian tales in the bible exist suggests that the Torah's authenticity is questionable.
So why are these copied stories in the Old Testament? Given the close proximity of Jews and Sumerians, it seems likely they simply crossed cultures. Some of the Old Testament flaws could be simply from copying the story wrong.
In any case, this makes the old testament debunked and unreliable as a record for truth. The Old Testament errors and contradictions are not even mentioned in this video.
Refining Reasons Episode 21 - Old Testament plagiarized
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