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Originally Posted by Saya
It is by no means identical, except to people who probably didn't read either. Tiamat was ripped in half, humans were created as an afterthought. It was polytheistic, and the gods were incredibly anthropormorphic. YHWH is in Genesis 2, to but not to the extent of Tiamat or Marduk, and Elohim is transcendent, omnipotent and doesn't create humans from the earth in Genesis 1. Some elements are similar like Tiamat being chaotic and using water, but that's it. Plus Genesis leads you up to the death of Joseph in Egypt, and Enuma Elish doesn't cover that kind of thing.
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Enuma Elish is considered the source for the book of genesis and has been since its first publication in the late 1800s. 7 clay tablets, 7 "days" of genesis. Each tablet elaborating on each of those days. I'm not going to argue this anymore. You can research it yourself since you insist on disagreeing. I could give a shit less whether you believe it or not. It's not like I'm the one that came up with this. I just prefer to base my research on actual literature instead of opinion from a forum.
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Originally Posted by Saya
Campbell is now pretty outdated, you realize, and had a shit load of problems. He's a fun read but can't really be taken academically seriously anymore.
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Campbell was a comparative mythologist. No clue where you get that he's "outdated" as his methods are still widely taught in schools of both mythology and creative writing and to some extent even psychology. Artists writers and film producers worldwide use his methods. But I guess if you say he's outdated, then that's the word to live by, since we all know you're always right. Might want to pass the message on to Hollywood, and just about every university and college that teaches creative writing or mythology.
Excuse me for attempting to get any sort of constructive dialogue going on a subject that "should" interest more people in a forum like this. The only time anyone ever wants to say anything here is to insult or berate and try to prove someone else wrong.