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History tells us that since we have been able to write, our human

race has had the habit of recording historical tales, or stories. Most of

the first stories were tales of heroic men, scouring their land in search

of some noble prize. These stories are known as epics, and they give us an

excellent idea of the lifestyles and basic thought processes of early

humans. Along the lines of these epics are the accounts told in the Bible,

especially those in the Old Testament. As with the epics, these legends

give us some spiritual idea of the beginning of time and the accounts of

early man. If we compare the stories and characters of the first epic, The

Epic of Gilgamesh, with those of the first chapter of the Bible, Genesis,

we not only discover some striking similarities, but also some notable

differences.



If there is one thing that all early accounts revolve around, that

is the idea of a divine being or, in other words, god. Early huma...