Did Genesis Copy the Epic of Gilgamesh?
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Sources:
The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic - Jeffery Tigay
A Companion to Ancient Epic - John Miles Foley
The Lost World of the Flood - Tremper Longman and
John H. Walton
God in Translation - Mark S. Smith
Ancient Israelite Literature in its Cultural Context - John Walton
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Tacitus - Histories
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