Gilgamesh is seeking to become immortal. He finds a man named Utanapishtim who has achieved that very feat. In the telling of his story we learn the Babylonian Flood Story. This story has been used as an attempt to disprove and dismantle the Old Testament, calling it a collection of myths and stories co-opted from the Babylonians. Dr. Smith takes this subject head on by describing the historical and archaeological evidence supporting the early origins of the Tanakh.