Tag: ancient-near-east
2 articles
Historical Apologetics
Was Moses Copied from Sargon of Akkad? The Basket in the River
By Practical Apologetics | July 27, 2013
Zeitgeist claims Moses' birth story was plagiarized from Sargon of Akkad. But the Sargon text dates to 700 BCE, the narratives have opposite purposes, and the Hebrew word 'tebah' links Moses to Noah—not Mesopotamia.
Historical Apologetics
Was Noah's Flood Copied from the Epic of Gilgamesh?
By Practical Apologetics | July 13, 2013
Zeitgeist claims the Genesis flood is plagiarized from Mesopotamian mythology. But even scholars who see literary dependence reject the plagiarism label—and the Wiseman Hypothesis offers a compelling alternative.