A Comparison of Sumerian and Hebrew views of the Afterlife
Date Submitted: 03/30/2004 09:24:02
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 4 pages (1064 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 4 pages (1064 words)
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…Gilgamesh, the people sought to gain fame, wealth, and pleasure in this life, while in Hebrew society the people sought to secure a good and eternal afterlife by repressing their flesh urges and abiding by their purging traditions. Two opposite mentalities, each the product of their own religious beliefs dictating the way these civilization lived and in the end, died.
Works Cited
Mack, Maynard, eds. The Norton Anthology: World Masterpieces. New York: WW Norton & Company, 1997.
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