Babylonian religion and mythology . Impression of a cylinder-seal representing a male and a female figure seated neara sacred tree; behind the woman is a serpent. (British Museum, No. 89,326.) with Eve must be regarded as somewhat on Babylonian mythology have sought to findin the Babylonian legends the counterparts of Adam and Eve, but without success. Eecently Ea-bani, amythical and savage hero of the Gilgamesh legend,1has been identified with Adam, and the maiden Ukhat,by whom he was tempted, with Eve,2 but the groundson which the identifications are made are not con-vincing
Babylonian religion and mythology . Impression of a cylinder-seal representing a male and a female figure seated neara sacred tree; behind the woman is a serpent. (British Museum, No. 89,326.) with Eve must be regarded as somewhat on Babylonian mythology have sought to findin the Babylonian legends the counterparts of Adam and Eve, but without success. Eecently Ea-bani, amythical and savage hero of the Gilgamesh legend,1has been identified with Adam, and the maiden Ukhat,by whom he was tempted, with Eve,2 but the groundson which the identifications are made are not con-vincing. In consequence of the many points of identitybetween the Hebrew and the Babylonian versions of 1 See below, pp. 150 ff. 2 See Jastrow, Amer. Jour. Semit. Lang., Vol. XV., No. 4 (July, 1899). BAB. REL. I 114 JEWS AND BABYLONIANS. the creation, some advanced critics hold that the Jewsheard the Babylonian stories for the first time duringtheir exile in Babylon, and that on their return fromcaptivity they brought them back
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