Comparison of Old Testament to Iliad

The comparison starts in the beginning when woman was created. According to the Old Testament first woman Eve was made from Adams rib. After the creation evil never existed until Eve was deceived by the serpent to eat the forbidden fruit. She fallen into serpents lies and took the fruit. Adam too took the fruit and as results God cursed the ground and the serpent. Samson was not supposed to cut his hair for him to remain immortal (Rogerson, p. The story of Noahic flood is also evident in the Iliad poems. Same to the floods in the bible, the Greeks are also built a wooded ark resembling the same one Noah built. The floods in the Iliad were sent to destroy mortals because of the evils in the world same to the same floods evident in the bible.