Log in Hank Gaylord 10 years agoPosted 10 years ago. Direct link to Hank Gaylord's post “Why does is say "Hebrew B...” Why does is say "Hebrew BIble" instead of the Torah? or at least have "Torah" in parenthesize? • (10 votes) Dani 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Dani's post “"Torah" often refers spec...” "Torah" often refers specifically to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. Sometimes it has other and broader meanings, but by saying "Hebrew Bible" it is more clear that not only are we talking about Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, but also books like Psalms and Isaiah. (31 votes) M Rodríguez 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to M Rodríguez's post “why did they guy, upon di...” why did they guy, upon discovering the flood story, start to undress himself? ...and why is it relevant hehe? • (10 votes) Dean Cleverdon 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Dean Cleverdon's post “Since the flood stories o...” Since the flood stories of Noah and Utnapishtim bear so many similarities what is the likelihood that they both draw on the same source material? And if so, any idea what the source might be? auden 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to auden's post “A lot of cultures have fl...” A lot of cultures have flood stories. Actually, almost all cultures have flood stories. With some inconsistencies, they are all very similar. They are all talking about the same event. I believe the original story is the story of Noah. Partially in response to Kevin Gohler's answer, I don't believe that the story of Utnapishtim is more recent. You have to remember, when talking about these stories, that even when the stories weren't written down, they did still exist. A lot of stories were passed down from generation to generation. Another thing to think about is this: if you have read the full text of the Utnapishtim stories, there are some rather odd bits: the main one I'm thinking of is the part where there's a prideful king and the gods send a man-bull creature that is supposed to kill this king, and they fight and then become friends. There are other odd parts, like where one of the characters tries to become immortal, meets an old man, and has to (I believe) watch a piece of seaweed without falling asleep for weeks, and he falls asleep at the last minute. Some of the parts are hard to believe they are true! The Noah story, though, is a little more believable. There are other reasons I prefer the Noah story as the source, but I hope that helped. (7 votes) Jeff Kelman 10 years agoPosted 10 years ago. Direct link to Jeff Kelman's post “Other great and ancient s...” Other great and ancient societies have a continuos link in their past i.e. Ancient China, Ancient Judaism etc. What was it and when was it that the link severed in the ancient middle eastern societies descending from the regions of the Tigris and Euphrates? • (5 votes) waldrond3671 10 years agoPosted 10 years ago. Direct link to waldrond3671's post “this is not what happen i...” this is not what happen in Mesopotamia. this is what really happened there was bablyonain (1 vote) mansi 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to mansi's post “Where scribes very rich o...” Where scribes very rich or poorly paid • (4 votes) Jeffrey A. Becker 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Jeffrey A. Becker's post “In Mesopotamia, scribes a...” In Mesopotamia, scribes are generally not 'wealthy' in a monetary sense. In Sumeria scribes are free men, yet belong to the lower class, usually referred to as the 'client' class. kai.elbisser 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to kai.elbisser's post “why did it say Hebrew Bib...” why did it say Hebrew Bible and why not Torah • (3 votes) David Alexander 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “"Hebrew Bible" is a large...” "Hebrew Bible" is a larger category than merely the Torah. Yes, the Noah story is contained in the Torah, but that is only one part of the Hebrew Bible, which also contains the writings, the psalms and the prophets. It's like saying, "why did he say America and not Illinois." (5 votes) Cynthia Lomax 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Cynthia Lomax's post “Speaking of the planets a...” Speaking of the planets and what not, was astronomy a large conception back then? I would suppose it would be considering they are still adventuring the world correct ? • (3 votes) Jeffrey A. Becker 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Jeffrey A. Becker's post “The Sumerians mark the be...” The Sumerians mark the beginning of the field of astronomy. (5 votes) cleocatra.kitty.cat 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to cleocatra.kitty.cat's post “did they have to memorize...” did they have to memorize the Sumerian alphabet? • (2 votes) David Alexander 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “The only people who had t...” The only people who had to memorize the Sumerian alphabet (if, indeed, it could be characterized as an alphabet) would have been those learning to read and write it. (4 votes) 205398 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to 205398's post “How did they have the pat...” How did they have the patients to do all that work in using cuneiform? • (2 votes) drszucker 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to drszucker's post “Ask any writer and I bet ...” From the author:Ask any writer and I bet they tell you it is the intellectual effort that is the challenging part, not physically forming the letters. I Imagine that the Sumerians got pretty quick writing in clay. (4 votes) Soleil Kenyon 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Soleil Kenyon's post “what were some challenged...” what were some challenged these ancient scribes faced in the making/writing of these tablets? • (2 votes) David Alexander 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “1) When the clay got hard...” 1) When the clay got hard before they were done writing, they had a harder time sticking the stylus into it. 2) When it rained on the clay before it got fired, the words disappeared. 3) When they tripped on a rick and dropped their homework, their entire document crashed. (3 votes)Want to join the conversation?
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