Tag: sargon
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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.
World Religions
Did Christianity and the Bible Plagiarize Ancient Myths? Introducing Zeitgeist's Plagiarism Claims
By Practical Apologetics | June 1, 2013
Zeitgeist alleges that Jesus was copied from Horus and Mithras, Noah from Gilgamesh, Moses from Sargon, and the Ten Commandments from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. What does the evidence show?