Olavarria Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 Enmerkar and the lord of Aratta, Lines 134-155 mention something similar to the confusion of languages, but in reverse. Some people think this Sumerian king was Nimrod, thoughts?
Ron Beron Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 David Rohl discusses this in one of his books. Fairly compelling, but complicated argument. He actually connotes Enoch with Nimrod. I'm a little gray on this so let me reread the section.
Robert F. Smith Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 (edited) Enmerkar and the lord of Aratta, Lines 134-155 mention something similar to the confusion of languages, but in reverse. Some people think this Sumerian king was Nimrod, thoughts?See S. N. Kramer on what he calls the Sumerian "Golden Age Passage" in which “the whole universe, the people in unison, to Enlil in one tongue (eme-aš-àm) gave praise,” to be followed shortly by the struggle between Enlil and Enki, lord of Eridu, who “changed the speech in their mouths, put contention into it, into the speech of man that (until then) had been one.”## Kramer, “Man’s Golden Age: A Sumerian Parallel to Genesis XI, 1,” JAOS, 63/3 (Jul-Sep 1943), 191-194; Kramer, Sumerian Mythology, rev. ed. (Harper & Row, 1961/reprint Univ. of Penn. Press, 1972), xiv,107 n. 2.--------------------------------------- As to the identification of Nimrod the mighty hunter, the valley of Nimrod was named for him (Ether 1:41-42, 2:1; cf. Gen 10:8-9, “a mighty hunter”; Micah 5:6, “land of Assyria” ∥ “land of Nimrod”; I Chron 1:10, “Cush begat Nimrod”). Some suggest that we may find the source of the biblical name Nimrod in Sumerian Nibruki (*NIBUR) = Nippur. Whatever the case, the biblical Nimrod is both a geographical name (Nimrud/Calah/Assyria, Gen 10:10-12, Micah 5:5-6), and the name of a king. Edited December 11, 2011 by Robert F. Smith
Olavarria Posted December 12, 2011 Author Posted December 12, 2011 (edited) If Enmerkar is the historical Nimrod what does that say about the Jaredites? Did Jared and his people participate in Sumerian culture, before coming to the new world? I know nothing about this language but here are some possible leads:Zerin" For the brother of Jared said unto the mountain Zerin, Remove—and it was removed."zir [BREAK] (373x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. zi; zi-ir; ze2-er "to tear out; to break, destroy; to be troubled; to erase" Akk. ašāšu; pasāsuRipliancum"Ripliancum, which, by interpretation, is large, or to exceed all"rib [SURPASSING] (62x: ED IIIb, Old Babylonian) wr. rib; ri-ba "(to be) surpassing, outstanding; (to be) strong, massive" Akk. ešqu; šūtuqu Edited December 12, 2011 by Olavarria
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