Posted on 12/10/2008 10:53:09 AM PST by Between the Lines
But it appears that this does method no longer works. Currently if I do a title search using the word “Noah” none of these three articles show, but two from last month do. Use the word “flood” and the previous two show, but this one does not.
With the new software, be sure to check the pull-down on a search, that it is set to “title.” The default is “keyword.”
You’re right, the search is (at best) a bit iffy. I only found all three of ‘em because I got pinged to ‘em. Usually (not always) Google works best to find even brand new topics. I’ve posted a topic, then thought, maybe I should have checked first, and the topmost hit was the topic I just posted. Too bad that company is run by leftist goons who should be marched out and forced to use really old hardwired routers.
There are obvious similarities between the two stories, but to my eye it looks more like they were both independent traditions that preserve an original, probably oral account of the event.I wholeheartedly agree. There are dozens of great flood stories worldwide -- only the Biblical story is said to be stolen, and that is done strictly for political reasons. Also, (to all, by way of superfluous clarification) the "Epic of Gilgamesh" is Sumerian (a language isolate), not Assyrian/Akkadian. It was adapted/translated and passed down through the Semitic language used by the Assyrians. :')
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