Originally posted by Vertetuesi
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No, the tablet is not monotheistic in the context of all the tablets found, and the archaeological evidence. It involves one of the Nippur Gods (Enki?) in a polytheistic Nippur culture of many Gods. The culture is a hierarchy of Gods with a local superior God (Enki?), at least one female God and a pantheon of lesser Gods. Nippur was a regional holy city of many Sumerian Gods and temples to these Gods.
There is no evidence for the book of Genesis prior to ~700 BCE. The evidence indicates that the foundation of Genesis is earlier equivalent Canaanite/Ugarite myths recorded in cuneiform tablets similar to Babylonian/Sumerian older myths
Moreover, you have not yet shown awareness of the sheer scale of demographic testimony for such a flood, coming from cultures all over the world, with great divergence from Genesis in key respects and yet also often with telling congruities such as names similar to 'Noah' for the character who survived it.
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