RE: Flood Deposits in Mesopotamia [Was: Special Creation]

Hi Glenn, you wrote:
 
Now, Urartu existed 400 years before it had its first ruler and only 200
years after Moses. Thus, I would say that your case that Uraratu didn't
exist is questionable. It was a place name, not necessarily a country
name in the earliest occurrences. Thus, I would re-iterate that picking
that word to throw out of the Bible , for the reasons you say, is not
entirely a good procedure.
 
Glenn, you and I agree! "The heroic myths of Sumer were woven primarily
around the early dynastic kings of Uruk, Enmerkar, Lugalbanda and
Gilgamesh, who were later divinized. The poetic myths about Enmerkar and
his son Lugalbanda focus on conflicts between the kings of Uruk and of
central Iran and the city of Aratta. In the Enmerkar myth, Inanna is
courted by Enmerkar, king of Uruk, and by the king of Aratta as well. In
the end, she chooses Enmerkar, king of Uruk, and Aratta concedes defeat,
but the city is not destroyed by Enmerkar."
 
Rohl equates Aratta with Urartu and Ararat. If that is the case then
Urartu dates back to long before 2900 BC. In fact, Rohl looks for Eden
in this region. Gilgamesh dates to 2800 BC and Enmerkar is his
grandfather. So you can do the math.
 
This is the legend, "Enmerkar and the King of Aratta":
 
http://www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr1823.htm
 
Some things to look for: Utu is the sun-god, so "Enmerkar, the son of
Utu" is called the son of that god. "E-ana of Unug" has been equated
with "Enoch," the city Cain built, later Nimrod's Erech, the Sumerian
Uruk. "Martu land" is where the "Martu" come from. The Sumerians
referred to the Accadians as the "Martu" coming from this land. "Lord
of Eridug" "Eridug" is Eridu, the first city in Mesopotamia, home of
Adapa, and where I believe the Garden of Eden was located.
 
"Inana, the lady of all the lands, has surrounded Aratta, on its right
and left, for her like a rising flood. They are people whom she has
separated from other people, they are people whom Dumuzid has made step
forth from other people, who firmly establish the holy words of Inana.
Let the clever champion and the ...... of Dumuzid whirl about! Quickly,
come now, ....... After the flood had swept over, Inana, the lady of all
the lands, from her great love of Dumuzid, has sprinkled the water of
life upon those who had stood in the face of the flood and made the Land
subject to them."
 
 "Dumuzid" is Dumuzi the fifth king on the pre-flood king list who
courts the goddess Inana. He is also known by his Hebrew name "Tammuz"
mentioned in Ezekial.
 
This is the legend of Inana
 
http://www.crystalinks.com/sumergods1.html
 
In the Accadian legend, Adapa gained entrance to heaven by flattering
Dumuzi. "At the gate of Anu," Adapa told Dumuzi how much he was missed
on earth. A thirty-eight line liturgical hymn to the departed Dumuzi
"represents the people wailing for the lord of life who now sleeps in
the lower world."
 
And the prophet Ezekiel had a vision where he was "brought to the door
of the gate of the Lord's house," and "there sat women weeping for
Tammuz" (Eze. 8:14). Thus, because of the cult following, the prophet
Ezekiel bestowed biblical recognition on the celebrated Dumuzi, the
fifth pre-flood Sumerian king.
 
It all adds up.
 
Dick Fischer
~Dick Fischer~ Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
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Received on Wed Mar 8 13:43:14 2006