Emmeduranki

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According to the extremely ancient Sumerian myth of Emmeduranki (also known as Emmedurana), whose name appears in the Sumerian king list. The sumerian myth, of which surviving records pre-date the authorship of the torah by some 1000 years, told of a great priest, named Enmeduranki, of the sun-god Utu. He, in the myth, was subsequently taken by the gods Shamash and Adad, to heaven, and taught the secrets of heaven and of earth. Emmeduranki was extemely significant to the Sumerians, as he was the ancestor from whom all priests had to be able to trace descent, in much the same way as Aaron was to the Aaronid priesthood of ancient Judaism. Enmeduranki's name itself is thought to mean chief priest of Duranki, a location regarded as the meeting place of sky and earth, and consequently the source from which the mythology could have been embellished.

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