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by Factotum on November 30th, 2009
If you're going to believe in the first place it's not unreasonable to assume the writer knew because that knowledge had been handed down as oral tradition.
by iwnit on October 13th, 2009
He (?) just inspired himself from the Mesopotamian myths and made some few changes:
"Scholars of the Ancient Near East see Hebrew monotheism as emerging from a common Mesopotamian/Levantine background of polytheistic religion and myth. The narrative elements of Genesis 1-11 draw specifically from four Mesopotamian myths: Adapa and the South Wind, Atrahasis, the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Enuma Elish. These myths share similar motifs and characters with Genesis 1-11, with Genesis challenging the Babylonian view point.".
Source and further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_according_to_Genesis
The next question would be:
"How did the writer from the Enuma Elish had known how our planet was created?"
by pandora on October 13th, 2009
God told him.
by HasntBeen on October 13th, 2009
He didn't, obviously. You gotta hand out points for imagination, though.
by Teresa on November 30th, 2009
Likely there was no one writer; likely it was an oral tradition passed down for generations before being written down.
The answer is imagination.
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Interesting thought,thanks!
by robertini on December 1st, 2009