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The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible. Which came first?

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ringo
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12-06-2005 1:39 PM 		Reply to: Message 22 by Brian
12-06-2005 4:35 AM

Re: You need to be more critical Ray.
Brian writes:
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So jealously controlled that no original texts exist....
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Ya know, if we had a copy of the Torah in Moses' own handwriting and if we could get DNA from it - a skin cell or two, perhaps a stray eyelash, maybe Moses even got a parchment-cut and left us some blood evidence....
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Then we could compare it with the Cohen DNA (Moses being Aaron's brother and all)....
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ringo
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12-06-2005 4:53 PM 		Reply to: Message 24 by jaywill
12-06-2005 4:12 PM

Re: The Resurrection of Christ Foreshadowed
jaywill writes:
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The saving ark of Noah resting upon the mountaintop signified Christ's resurrection out from the death waters.
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So you do recognize that the Flood story is a story about salvation, not a story about a flood. Good.
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As for the numerology, I don't have much use for that, but I'll leave it to somebody else to check your figures. (It's also off topic.)
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