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1. Isn't the Epic suspected to be the origins of Noah and the flood?

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 10:46 AM

Oct 2015

Seems I read that during the capture of the Israelites by the Babylonians, they were influenced by the Epic during their 60 year captivity.

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Isn't the Epic suspected to be the origins of Noah and the flood? packman Oct 2015 #1