A Comparison of Sumerian and Hebrew views of the Afterlife
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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.
…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.
