Is the Gilgamesh Flood the Basis of the Biblical Flood in the Book of G

Is the Gilgamesh Flood the Basis of the Biblical Flood?â â   â â Genesis of the Old Testament records an overall Flood right off the bat throughout the entire existence of human progress. Tablet 11of the Sumero-Babylonian rendition of the epic of Gilgamesh likewise records a complete Flood of the whole earth right on time in mankind’s advancement. Let’s look at the two to decide whether one could be the reason for the other.  Nels M. Bailkey in Readings in Ancient History: Thought and Experience from Gilganesh to St. Augustine, remarks on the similarities and need thereofâ between the two renditions:  The hitting similitudes with the later Hebrew story are very apparent, however the incredible bay between them should be stressed: the Hebrew form has been totally lectured. In the Hebrew record the Flood is sent in light of wrongdoing, and the legend is spared on the grounds that he is honest. In the Sumero-Babylonian form the legend is spared out of minor preference and the divine beings send the Flood, as we gain from a different record, in light of the fact that their rest has been upset: â€Å"oppressive has become the racket of humankind, by their mayhem they forestall sleep.† Above all, the one incomparable noble God of the Hebrews appears differently in relation to the posse of frail, contentious, covetous divine beings who â€Å"cowered like dogs† within the sight of the Flood and who later â€Å"like flies assembled around the sacrificer.† (10)  Alexander Heidel in his book, The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels, gives a foundation to the overcomer of the Sumero-Babylonian Flood, Utnapishtim:  Utnapishtim was the child of Ubara-Tutu, the Otiartes, or, rather, Opartes of Berossus. As per Berossus, the storm legend was the tenth Prediluvian ruler in Babylonia. Additionally in the Sumerian engraving he I... ...its acknowledgment by God †these are rehashed in the two records of the Flood.  WORKS CITED  Bailkey, Nels M. Readings in Ancient History: Thought and Experience from Gilganesh to St. Augustine. Third version. Lexington, MA: D.C.Heath and Co., 1987.  Gardner, John and John Maier. Gilgamesh: Translated from the Sin-leqi-unninni form. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.  Harris, Stephen L. â€Å"Gilgamesh.† The Humanist Tradition in World Literature. Ed. Stephen Harris. Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co., 1970.  Heidel, Alexander. The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1949.  Ignatius Holy Bible. Changed Standard Version, Catholic Edition. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1966.  Sandars. N. K. The Epic of Gilgamesh. New York: Penguin Books, 1972.  Â