Nathan Key

Husband, Father, Thinker.

 

 
 

Yesterday I said that the writer of Genesis was probably trying to redeem the story of Cronos/Zeus-

But as Keith Milsark pointed out, the Exodus Story was about 300 years prior to the Greek culture that produced the Cronos/Zeus mythology (Exodus was around 1200 BC and the Greeks were creating Zeus worship around 900 BC).

A better reconciliation would be that both stories have the same root. The Noah/Ham story and the Cronos/Zeus story are possibly from the same stock of tales that burst out of Mesopotamia. It's just that as one tribe headed toward Crete where they would eventually give birth to the Greek myths, while the other stayed around Canaan and eventually ended up in Egypt, birthing the Exodus of Israel and an encounter with God on Mt. Sinai which served as a catalyst for Moses' account.

 


Comments

Keith Milsark

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:21:31

I think your idea that both stories have the same root is probably correct. Ancient cultures from around the world have flood stories, all slightly different, but very similar. It's logical that each culture, over time, changed the story of what was a true event. The same may apply to Noah/Ham and Cronos/Zeus.

 



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