A Comparison of the Divine in Gilgamesh, the Old Testament of the Bible

The heaven-sent in Gilgamesh, The gray-headed Testament, and Metamorphoses on with different languages, customs and traditions, ancient Hebrews, Middle-easterners and Romans had very(prenominal) different beliefs about the divine. For example, Hebrews are monotheistic, while Middle-easterners and Greco-Romans of early time periods weigh in many another(prenominal) gods. Writings from the ancient time period adumbrate these differences, as well as the many similarities between religious beliefs. The Old Testament is an excellent reference depicting Hebrew beliefs, while Gilgamesh outlines many Middle-eastern beliefs, and The Metamorphoses shows readers many ancient Greco-Roman beliefs about the divine. The Hebrew God as depicted in the Old Testament is omnipotent and omniscient. He creates perfective tense and harmonious order in the universe, as depicted in genesis 1, In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the Earth was without form, and void and pha ntasm was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, (51) which was created by Him in six days (47), Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the entertain of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made (52). Though the Hebrew God is all-powerful, He creates human kindly to have free will (47). This free will wad be seen in the story of Adam and Eve. Gods warns both Adam and Eve that they can eat anywhere they want, except from the Tree of Knowledge, and they do anyway (53). Along with free will came disobedience (47). The story of Jonah shows this disobedience when the ennoble told Jonah to go to Ninevah to tell its inhabitants that they would be punished for their wickedness. Instead, Jonah decides to lam from th... ...rough inspection, because there are also many differences in the religions, such as how many gods citizens may believe in and what their powers are. However similar or different, the se texts provide readers with insight into the different cultures throughout the world and offer a basis for the religions that are popular throughout the world today. Works Cited The playscript The Old Testament. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Ed. Sarah Lawall et al. Vol 1. 7th ed. cutting York Norton, 1999. 47-97. Gilgamesh. Trans. N.K. Sandars. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Ed. Sarah Lawall et al. Vol 1. 7th ed. New York Norton, 1999. 16-47. Ovid. Metamorphoses. Trans. J.P. Sullivan. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Ed Sarah Lawall et al. Vol 1. 7th ed. New York Norton, 1999. 895-943.