ManusJustus on 10 June 2009
| WessleWoggle said:
In many earlier parts of the bible like genesis, the word used translated to 'God' is actually 'Elohim', which is plural, and means 'Gods'. |
Thats because the Hebrews borrowed many aspects of their religion from the polytheistic Babylonians, examples including Creation and Noah's Flood from the Babylonian Enuma Elish and Epic of Gilgamesh.
If anyone is interested, here's a translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh. I must warn you though that it is direct translation of a 4000 year old document, which makes it a horrible read.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/enuma.htm
