are there any legends surrounding him?
The Sumerian King List mentions a character named Ubara-Tutu who seems almost identical to Methuselah
Methuselah
The Sumerian King List mentions a character named Ubara-Tutu who seems almost identical to Methuselah
who lived for many years in the bible Methuselah who is he? A biblical patriarch and a figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam has he been mentioned in any other sacred works? Apocryphal Book of Enoch
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Methuselah [SEP] Myth
Yigal Levin states that these long lifespans are intended simply to speed the reader from Adam to Noah. Claus Westermann states they are intended to create the impression of a distant past. The Sumerian King List mentions a character named Ubara-Tutu who seems almost identical to Methuselah. He was the son of En-men-dur-ana, a Sumerian mythological figure often compared to Enoch, as he entered heaven without dying. Ubara-Tutu was the king of Sumer until a flood swept over his land. Although the ages of Methuselah and Ubara-Tutu are different, they both died in a Great Flood. Babylonian writer Berossus also claims that, prior to the events of Babylon's flood myth, kings could live for tens of thousands of years, which bears some similarity to Genesis 5.