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| David |
 Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 3:11 pm |
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To date, archaeologists have failed to find evidence of world wide
flood in the 5th-3rd millenniums BCE in Mesopotamia, Syria or Canaan.
They date some settlements in Sumer to the Ubaid period of circa 4900
BCE, specifically the ancient city of Eridu (modern Abu Shahrein near
Ur of the Chaldees), which in Mesopotamian myths was the very first
city built by the god Enki. This myth has the world covered in water,
then a freshwater stream eurpts from the depths of the ocean, land
forms about it and Enki builds the first city Eridu. Of course in the
Bible the first city is built by Cain and called Enoch after his son
(Ge 4:17). So, it is clear that Genesis' author understands at least
_one city_ built by Cain sometime in the course of the 4th millennium
was engulfed by Noah's 3rd millennium BCE flood, but the
archaeological evidence does not support this notion.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
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