The Epic of Gilgamesh is very interesting to Christians because it is very similar to Noah and his ark in the bible. In both events, a great flood takes place. A flood destroys most of mankind except for those on the ark. These floods represent rebirth, a new beginning for mankind and the gods or God's wrath. God decided it would rain on Earth for forty days and forty nights and the flood would last 150 …showed first 75 words of 341 total…

…showed last 75 words of 341 total…measured 120 cubits on each side and the ground space was one acre. Six decks were divided into nine sections. In both stories,a good man is saved. Utnapishtim is saved because he obeys the god's order to build a boat. Noah was saved and he obeyed God's orders to build an ark. Noah was the symbol of God's mercy and was the source of salvation for the creation and hope for re-creation after the flood. .