🔥 In this mind-ripping episode of Musings on Mysteries and the Mythical Matrix, we take on one of the loudest academic claims out there—that Genesis borrowed from Mesopotamian myths. But what if the real story is far older… and far deeper?
📜 What if Genesis didn’t plagiarize the Enuma Elish—but preserved a more ancient memory?
What if the flood myths, gods, and “parallels” are actually distractions from a deeper truth? 🎯 In this logic-laced takedown, we dismantle the strongest academic version of the “myth borrowing” claim—yes, even Yale's Christine Hayes—through hard-hitting linguistic, historical, and theological analysis.
🧠 This episode covers:
🔹 Enuma Elish vs. Genesis—do the “parallels” really hold up under scrutiny?
🔹 Is ruach just “wind”? Or the Spirit that hovers with intent?
🔹 Was tehom really Tiamat—or just water with a PR problem?
🔹 The Adapa angle—does presence in Egypt = influence in Israel?
🔹 Trade, myth transmission, and the clay vs. scroll preservation bias
🔹 200+ flood myths—shared memory or shared storytelling?
🔹 Linguistic gaps, translation impossibilities, and historical misfires
🔹 Occam’s Razor and the possibility that Genesis came first
🚨 Warning: This episode may offend your textbooks.
👁️ What if the Hebrews weren’t plagiarists—but preservers of primeval truth?
🎙️ Dive in as we challenge consensus, dissect academic assumptions, and explore the tangled timeline between myth and memory.
👉 What do you think? Did Genesis copy myth—or is it the last echo of an ancient truth? Let us know at m.quad.musings@gmail.com
🔔 Follow for more mind-blowing breakdowns on ancient texts, hidden history, and the myths you were told to believe.
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https://discord.gg/Yqp8fDpkSOURCE HIGHLIGHTS & CREDITS- Christine Hayes, Yale Open Courses: RLST 145 Lecture 3 – https://oyc.yale.edu/religious-studies/rlst-145/lecture-3
- Kenneth A. Kitchen, Ancient Orient and Old Testament – chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/aoot/ancient_orient_kitchen.pdf
- Stephanie Dalley, Myths from Mesopotamia (Oxford World’s Classics)
- Jeremy Black et al., The Literature of Ancient Sumer
- Dennis Tedlock's "Popol Vuh"
- BibleHub Commentary on Tehom – https://biblehub.com/hebrew/8415.htm
- John L. Hayes "A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts"
- Hebrew Bible: Genesis 1, 6–7; Job 6, 7, 20, 34 (biblegateway.com ESV and Biblehub's Interlinear)
- Gilgamesh & Atrahasis tablets (British Museum, Nippur excavations)
- Lilitu reference: Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Netherworld (Sumerian version)
- Gilgamesh Jstor link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/606502?read-now=1&seq=4#page_scan_tab_contents
