THE ENUMA ELISH AND GENESIS AND PLATO'S REPUBLIC

The Enuma Elish, Genesis and Plato's Republic

The Enuma Elish, Genesis and Plato's Republic

The Enuma Elish and Genesis

Both Enuma Elish and Genesis, signify the creation as an act of divine intervention Enuma Elish describes the time before the creation of gods as a time "when above, the sky has not been named, and below the ground was not named. In Genesis, while every act of divine creation is introduced by the formula: "And God said, either". The sequence of creation is the same: light, firmament, dry land, luminaries, and men (meta-religion.com).

In both primary and ...