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What if Genesis wasn't the original creation story? An Assyriologist who reads the ancient languages reveals the Mesopotamian creation myths that existed thousands of years before Genesis was written—and shows exactly how the biblical authors reworked them. The creation myths older than Genesis change everything you thought you knew about the Bible's opening chapters.
In this deep-dive interview, Megan Lewis—Assyriologist, founder of Digital Hammurabi, and host of the Misquoting Jesus podcast with Dr. Bart Ehrman—walks us through four ancient Mesopotamian texts that directly shaped the book of Genesis. From the Enuma Elish and its divine power struggles to the Atrahasis with its startling account of humanity's origins, Megan reveals how the Genesis authors didn't invent their creation story from scratch. They inherited a rich literary tradition and deliberately reworked it to serve their own theological vision. Along the way, you'll discover why ancient gods needed to eat, how flood narratives traveled between cultures, and what scholars consider the smoking-gun evidence that Genesis writers knew these older texts. This isn't a copy-paste story—it's far more fascinating than that.
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What if Genesis wasn't the original creation story? An Assyriologist who reads the ancient languages reveals the Mesopotamian creation myths that existed thousands of years before Genesis was written—and shows exactly how the biblical authors reworked them. The creation myths older than Genesis change everything you thought you knew about the Bible's opening chapters.
In this deep-dive interview, Megan Lewis—Assyriologist, founder of Digital Hammurabi, and host of the Misquoting Jesus podcast with Dr. Bart Ehrman—walks us through four ancient Mesopotamian texts that directly shaped the book of Genesis. From the Enuma Elish and its divine power struggles to the Atrahasis with its startling account of humanity's origins, Megan reveals how the Genesis authors didn't invent their creation story from scratch. They inherited a rich literary tradition and deliberately reworked it to serve their own theological vision. Along the way, you'll discover why ancient gods needed to eat, how flood narratives traveled between cultures, and what scholars consider the smoking-gun evidence that Genesis writers knew these older texts. This isn't a copy-paste story—it's far more fascinating than that.
🔔 SUBSCRIBE and hit the notification bell so you never miss a deep dive into the real origins behind biblical claims!
📚 Check out Megan's work:
🔗 Digital Hammurabi: ge.hopp.to/DigitalHammurabi
🔗 Misquoting Jesus Podcast: ge.hopp.to/MisquotingJesusPodcast
🔗 NIHB Conference Tickets (March 20-22): ge.hopp.to/NIHB-2026
#GodIsFake #GenesisMythDebunked #Atheism
Get Jesus From Outerspace Audio Book: amzn.to/3EGj5Vb
Daily Bible Podcast: ge.hopp.to/DailyBiblePodcast
#atheism #christianity #atheist
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Join the Skeptic Mafia: ge.hopp.to/JoinSkepticMafia
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"btw, evolution is a fact" shirt: ge.hopp.to/BTWEvolutionIsAFact
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