#The Flood
>> Good point. In fact, some archaeologists seem to think this is exactly
what happened in the region of ancient Sumeria circa about six thousand years
ago. There's geological evidence of a massive flood in that area at that time.
We also have a copy of a Sumerian flood legend that dates back at least four
thousand years, and seems to be the ancestor of the Genesis flood account. <<
Right! It seems very likely that a lot of the material in Genesis was, shall
we say, borrowed (I'm sure they had the rights, but I don't know how much they
paid<g>) from the Sumerians!
Cheers,
GTL