Old Testament
Title: Old Testament
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 4236 | Pages: 15 (approximately 235 words/page)
Old Testament
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 4236 | Pages: 15 (approximately 235 words/page)
Old Testament
The Old Testament is a compilation, and like every compilation it has a
wide variety of contributors who, in turn, have their individual influence
upon the final work. It is no surprise, then, that there exist certain
parallels between the Enuma Elish, the cosmogony of the Babylonians, and
the Book of Genesis, the first part of the Pentateuch section of the Bible.
In fact, arguments may be made that other Near Eastern texts,
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texts, the message can
be lost in attempting to find the roots of certain ideas. But the origins
of the stories are not nearly as important as the overall message being
stated, and while the ideas they resemble may be old, the message is clear
and unique: there is but one, and He is beyond all that is. His will alone
suffices, and He predates even time itself. And that message has changed
the world.