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1、TheEpicofGilgameshTheCuneiformTextofTheEpicofGilgameshM10-09TheEpicofGilgameshHistoryoftheTextHistoryoftheText•theSumerianepicepicisnowlost•mostimportantextantversionsofTheTheEpicofGilgameshEpicofGilgamesh:–OldBabylonianversion(ca.1800BCE)–Assyrianversion(ca.700BCE)•modernedito

2、rshavereassembledthestoryfromfragmentssuchasthese•inthiscontext,coherenceisimpossibleTheEpicofGilgameshTheHeroGilgameshTheHeroGilgamesh••GilgameshGilgameshispart-mortalpart-immortal–one-thirdhuman,two-thirdsgod–fromthisthestorypresumesthathewilldie•complication:he’sbetterthanan

3、yonearoundhimandsohebullieseveryoneM10-10TheEpicofGilgameshTheHeroGilgameshTheHeroGilgamesh•cf.GilgameshI.67-8,71-72TheyoungmenofUrukheharrieswithoutwarrant,Gilgameshletsnosongofreetohisfather...ItishewhoisshepherdofUruk-the-Sheepfold,butGilgameshletnodaughtergofreetohermother.

4、•sothepeopleofUrukcomplaintothegodsM10-10TheEpicofGilgameshNephilimNephilim•“sonsofGod”(beneelohim,Psalms29:1)–cf.Genesis6:4Thereweregiants(nephilim)intheearthinthosedays;andalsoafterthat,whenthesonsofGodcameinuntothedaughtersofmen,andtheybarechildrentothem,thesamebecamemightym

5、enwhichwereofold,menofrenown.–noexplanationofwhothesonsofGodare•theNephilimNephilim(ortheirdescendants)arethesinnersGoddestroysintheFloodTheEpicofGilgameshNephilimNephilim•cf.theCanaanitetraditionoftheseventysonsofElandseventysonsofElandAsherahAsherah–theentouragewhofollowthepr

6、incipalgodElaround–buttheCanaaniteterm“sons”isliteral,whereastheHebrewtermisfigurative•cf.lightningasGod’sswordM10-11TheEpicofGilgameshNephilimNephilim•theNephilimarelikeGilgameshinthatbotharesemi-divinebeing/s•also,bothoversteptheirboundsandcauseproblems–cf.themotifofthe“falle

7、nangel”•e.g.SatanintheBible•Prometheus(thefire-bringer)inGreekmythTheEpicofGilgameshadomadom•thegodsdecidetocreateEnkiduasacompanionforGilgamesh–a“playmate”whoislikehimandcaninteractwithhimonhisownlevel•themother-goddessArurumoldsEnkidufromalumpofclay–helivesamongthewildcreatur

8、esandfreesthemfromthehunters’nets–thehunterscomplainto