NVCC From Gilgamesh to Genesis Religion Discussion

Purpose

To demonstrate understanding of ancient societies’ culture as presented through religious texts.

Theme

The theme for this discussion is religion.

Reading

Please read the following primary sources and then answer the questions below:

• Excerpts from The Book of Genesis (1-3, 6-8, 22) http://www.professorcampbell.org/sources/genesis.htmlLinks to an external site. “The Flood Story” from The Epic of Gilgamesh https://web.archive.org/web/20180924021142/http://www.livius.org/articles/misc/great-flood/flood3_t-gilgamesh/Links to an external site.

Directions

Compare the assigned primary sources and write a discussion post answering the following questions:

• What specific similarities between the two stories were you able to find? 
• What might account for these similarities?

Make sure that your post begins with a sentence which clearly states your main argument, and that it refers to specific evidence from the sources in order to support that argument.