Wesley Huff

And this idea of the Imago Dei, that you're – that's why you're different. Like why are you different from all the animals? Because you're given something that exemplifies humanity. of a unique quality, and then the ancient Near Eastern cultures that believe that the planets are gods and that the sea is a god.

And this idea of the Imago Dei, that you're – that's why you're different. Like why are you different from all the animals? Because you're given something that exemplifies humanity. of a unique quality, and then the ancient Near Eastern cultures that believe that the planets are gods and that the sea is a god.

Genesis chapter one looks at that, and it subverts the expectations of the day in getting to this ultimate question of, why are we here? what are we supposed to do while we're here and how do we get out of here? And it says that, no, there's purpose, there's meaning, there's intention. And actually a lot of the things that you worship, it's pretty stupid because God created them.

Genesis chapter one looks at that, and it subverts the expectations of the day in getting to this ultimate question of, why are we here? what are we supposed to do while we're here and how do we get out of here? And it says that, no, there's purpose, there's meaning, there's intention. And actually a lot of the things that you worship, it's pretty stupid because God created them.

Genesis chapter one looks at that, and it subverts the expectations of the day in getting to this ultimate question of, why are we here? what are we supposed to do while we're here and how do we get out of here? And it says that, no, there's purpose, there's meaning, there's intention. And actually a lot of the things that you worship, it's pretty stupid because God created them.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I mean, the Enuma Leash is pretty old. There are a number of different like variations. The problem is that we're largely relying on like our complete copies are coming in languages like Akkadian where the ones in Sumerian are very fragmentary.

I mean, the Enuma Leash is pretty old. There are a number of different like variations. The problem is that we're largely relying on like our complete copies are coming in languages like Akkadian where the ones in Sumerian are very fragmentary.

I mean, the Enuma Leash is pretty old. There are a number of different like variations. The problem is that we're largely relying on like our complete copies are coming in languages like Akkadian where the ones in Sumerian are very fragmentary.

So like even the Epic of Gilgamesh, the copy that we have that kind of is the final, if you go and you read a translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh, it's going to be the one from an Akkadian from the library of Ashurbanipal. But the earlier versions in Sumerian don't even have the flood story in them. Really? Yeah. And they're more pieced together.

So like even the Epic of Gilgamesh, the copy that we have that kind of is the final, if you go and you read a translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh, it's going to be the one from an Akkadian from the library of Ashurbanipal. But the earlier versions in Sumerian don't even have the flood story in them. Really? Yeah. And they're more pieced together.

So like even the Epic of Gilgamesh, the copy that we have that kind of is the final, if you go and you read a translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh, it's going to be the one from an Akkadian from the library of Ashurbanipal. But the earlier versions in Sumerian don't even have the flood story in them. Really? Yeah. And they're more pieced together.

And we actually do have another flood story in the Atrasis, which appears to have been influenced. The Epic of Gilgamesh story is influenced by the Atrasis. But I don't know. In terms of like written language, I guess it's the Enuma Elish. I wouldn't actually know what like the oldest, oldest one is. But you get a lot of these origin stories and they have these themes. We see it in the Bible too.

And we actually do have another flood story in the Atrasis, which appears to have been influenced. The Epic of Gilgamesh story is influenced by the Atrasis. But I don't know. In terms of like written language, I guess it's the Enuma Elish. I wouldn't actually know what like the oldest, oldest one is. But you get a lot of these origin stories and they have these themes. We see it in the Bible too.

And we actually do have another flood story in the Atrasis, which appears to have been influenced. The Epic of Gilgamesh story is influenced by the Atrasis. But I don't know. In terms of like written language, I guess it's the Enuma Elish. I wouldn't actually know what like the oldest, oldest one is. But you get a lot of these origin stories and they have these themes. We see it in the Bible too.

The ancient Near Eastern cultures were very preoccupied with chaos and order. And so it's all about kind of creating order out of the chaos of the world. And that's where I think you do see the parallels.

The ancient Near Eastern cultures were very preoccupied with chaos and order. And so it's all about kind of creating order out of the chaos of the world. And that's where I think you do see the parallels.

The ancient Near Eastern cultures were very preoccupied with chaos and order. And so it's all about kind of creating order out of the chaos of the world. And that's where I think you do see the parallels.