They brought him, but he ate not.

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Description: Adapa and the food of life. http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/adapa.htm Mark:14 Mark is the earliest account in Epic form, where the sayings and works that circulated were possibly tied together. The other Gospels seem to try to improve on Mark. The"q" source is possibly used in the other gospels and not in Mark. Quick ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_document Here is an awesome essay that had influence in my thinking on this topic. http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/axismundi/2002/Myth_Making_In.pdf Also the parable of the prodigal son may be relevant for when the son returns he is clothed and a ring is put on his finger. As the essay related, the serpent in the garden may have tricked the humans into eating the tree of good and evil so they would not eat of the tree of life and live forever, which as Genesis relates the heavenly council was worried about. Then the Lord God said, "See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"— therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. (Gen 3:22-23 NRSV) Christ was also semi divine even though he was divine he still had to face death. Even after he returns from the underworld he is clothed in heavenly garb. Also may have relevance to a different way of viewing communion and why it has become such an important ritual. Sorry if I pronounced some of the names wrong. The ancient Near East gods at times had complex names. Take care!