Faith
Explanation of the Gilgamesh Period
Question
Someone from work told me about Gilgamesh, that it was the first book and all kinds of things like that. How can I refute the matter of Gilgamesh, if possible, with a detailed explanation about it so that I can respond and explain it?
Answer
Hello and blessings,
There is nothing to refute.
The Babylonian story of Gilgamesh describes the story of Noah and the Flood - which the nations heard from mouth to ear from the descendants of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
This is proof of the truth of the Torah. For if there had been no Noah and no Flood, how could it be that different peoples of the world tell the same story?
Of course, the Torah of Israel presents the most accurate account of the Flood - testimony from the Creator of the world. Therefore, it described it in a historical and reliable manner (with genealogies, dates, geographical places, etc.) unlike the stories of the nations, which wrote the stories of their ancestors in a legendary style mixed with nonsense.
With blessings,
Daniel Balas
