First of all, it's the Tanakh, the Jewish Scriptures. The Jewish God.
Actually, it's the Babylonian gods (plural). The Torah copied an existing text. See the Epic of Gilgamesh:
"The gods were frightened by the Flood, and retreated, ascending to the heaven of Anu. The gods were cowering like dogs, crouching by the outer wall. Ishtar shrieked like a woman in childbirth, the sweet-voiced Mistress of the Gods wailed: 'The olden days have alas turned to clay, because I said evil things in the Assembly of the Gods! How could I say evil things in the Assembly of the Gods, ordering a catastrophe to destroy my people!! No sooner have I given birth to my dear people than they fill the sea like so many fish!' The gods--those of the Anunnaki--were weeping with her, the gods humbly sat weeping, sobbing with grief, their lips burning, parched with thirst." http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh/tab11.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh_flood_myth yrs, andreas www.andreas.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html