RE: Flood Deposits in Mesopotamia

Hi Glenn, you wrote:
 
>>There is no interruption of Mesopotamian society .
 
Well, this is just wrong. Mesopotamian history is divided into distinct
periods precisely because of distinct changes in culture.
 
"Early dynastic Period of Sumerian history is from 2900-2350. This is
divided into three periods, the early dynastic 2900-2700 BC, EARLY
DYNASTIC II (2700-2600 BC), EARLY DYNASTIC III (2600-2334 BC)"
 
"The Sumerian King List
<http://faculty.mdc.edu/jmcnair/joe2pages/Mesopotamia%20Kings%20List.htm
> names eight antediluvian
<http://www.britannica.com/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=antediluvian&qu
ery=antediluvian> kings."
 
Glenn, what does "antediluvian" mean to you?
 
This comes off the history for kids web page:
 
"Around 2900 BC <http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/bc.htm> , after the
flood
<http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/religion/christians/flood.htm> ,
comes a time period called Early Dynastic, which lasts for about 600
years ."
 
Changing subjects a bit this comes from Encyclopedia Brittanica:
 
"In Uruk the ruler's special title was
<http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic?idxStructId=186330&typeId=13> en. In
later periods this word (etymology unknown), which is also found in
divine names such as Enlil and Enki, has a predominantly religious
connotation that is translated, for want of a better designation, as
"en-priest, en-priestess." En, as the ruler's title, is encountered in
the traditional epics of the Sumerians (Gilgamesh is the "en of Kullab,"
a district of Uruk) and particularly in personal names, such as
"The-en-has-abundance," "The-en-occupies-the-throne," and many others."
 
As I have pointed out before the en prefix carries over to Genesis in
the names of Adam's grandsons: Enosh and Enoch, and again in the seventh
antediluvian patriarch Enoch. This puts the Genesis history prior to
the flood in the context of Sumer and Accad in the Uruk and Jamdet Nasr
periods 3500-3100 BC and 3100-2900 BC.
 
There are too many ways to date this flood at 2900 BC and place the
entire Genesis account entirely in the context of Mesopotamia. So all
we have to do is figure out where the boat landed and how Noah got it
there and we're done here.
 
Here are some maps of Mesopotamia showing where the mountains are to the
east and north, and where it's nice and flat in the basin part where the
rivers named in Genesis are. And since rafts are poled today as far
north as Nineveh, anywhere east of the Tigris from Nineveh to Ur would
be acceptable. With wind for push and poles for direction you could put
the ark just about anywhere you want.
 
http://www.museumofmoney.org/babylon/bab_page1.htm
 
http://www.ivcc.edu/gender2001/images/map_mesopotamia.gif
 
http://www.bible-history.com/babylonia/BabyloniaMap_of_Ancient_Mesopotam
ia.htm
 
As for deposits, let's see what remains of the 1993 Mississippi River
flood 5,000 years from now.
Dick Fischer
~Dick Fischer~ Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
 <http://www.genesisproclaimed.org> www.genesisproclaimed.org
Received on Fri Mar 10 13:44:22 2006