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Originally Posted by Textcritic
What qualifies either of these men as experts???
From where I sit, without adequate training in the cultural underpinnings and the methodology behind myth creation and literature in the Ancient Near East, neither of these figures is competent enough on this subject to offer any sort of "expert" opinion.
I maintain: There is NO specific flood event from which the many individual flood myths originate. There are rather common experiences with all sorts and varieties of flooding, which have produced a wide range of stories that contain predominantly similar themes.
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Decades of research, field work and international acclaim. Agree with them or not, such things make an expert.
Myth is only piece of the puzzle in their model and certainly isn't the linchpin that ties it all together. Most of their work is based on evidence and mythology is one of the filters used to interpret that evidence.