Did the Bible come from Sumerians? In attempting to prove the historical truth of the Bible,...

Most religions and their rituals are similar to what they had in Mesopotamia …

Sumarians, Akkadians, and Assyrians, all were living in Mesopotamia at the same and different times … by tracking most of the inscriptions left from then to date, we can see so many similarities in many still existing religions (including Abrahamic religions and Zoroastrian ) ….

Gilgamesh is a very very interesting epic from which we can see many traces too …

I’m not familiar with the mythology of the Mesopotamia but I’m sure we can find some similarities in there too ….

Pfuzylogic · M

Abraham was actually told to leave Sumeria so while he might have had exposure to their gods. He rejected them and by Faith followed where God led him. Most of Genesis is about the Abram/Abraham story.

dale74 · M

I can tell you first of all whoever wrote the passenger reading is anti-christian. Using BCE instead of BC is nothing more than downplaying the role of Christ.

Now all of that written is from the Torah it is also known as the Old testament and is very similar to the Quran they are all Divine text and have very similar stories of the dawn of man and God's role in the creation of man.

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val70 · 51-55

I got into some trouble presenting that same case at a theology course run by the Roman Catholic church. But here is my opinion. Studies of the origins of the bible need to be always atleast twofold. One needs to look at the origins of the story and when it could have been written down. There's some evidence to claim that majority of the old testament was written down or transcribed anew after the exile to Babylon thus that explains the similarity of story

Greyjedi · M

Yes the Old Testament most certainly did.

fakable

the philosophical basis of the bible is similar to several older religious/mythological stories

Straylight · 31-35, F

That list alone doesn’t convince me. Is there more to read?

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

So Mathew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul were all Sumerians?

Adstar · 56-60, M

Nope... The Bible came from The God of Abraham..

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

Well believe it or not Abraham came from Summaria.

DDonde · 31-35, M

The bible was something that was compiled, edited, written, etc over many centuries. There are common motifs across Persia, Mesopotamia and Egypt that also crop up in the Bible. Sumeria itself predates Israel and Judah by quite a bit.

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Renaci · 36-40

The bible didnt even exist until CE. Many of the myths in Genesis though can be traced back to other cultures though that end up getting twisted and exaggerated over time though.

NativePortlander1970

Most of our religious texts come out of the Mediterranian region, which shares myths with one another.