Dr.GH

There is a search function on the board. I do not recall the discussion in question.

Some additional links to look at are:

http://home.apu.edu/~geraldwilson/atrahasis.html

or,

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/...atrahasis.html

on the Sumerian creation and flood texts.

the Talk.Origins FAQ on flood myths is :

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html

You should also read:

http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/...esh/index.html

with particular attention to Tablet 11.

An additional sources for the flood story is,

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/...atrahasis.html

read the second tablet.

http://www.theology.edu/ugarbib.htm

is a very good introduction to Uragit, and the impact that the Ugarit literature had on the Hebrew Bible.

A fun assignment I give my students is to see how many of the Ten Commandments they can find here:

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/hammenu.htm

(7+ "an Eye for an Eye")