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Reflections on Ice-breaking

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Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.

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Gilgamesh is ___/3 __________ and ____/3 _______?

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Gilgamesh is 1/3 man, 2/3 wild beast.

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Repeated ideas or themes through reading Gilgamesh:

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1) The role and function of hero/leader
2) Problematic relationships b/w humans to Gods/divine
3) Civilized vs Wild
4) Elusive nature of human happiness

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What date was Gilgamesh written and by who?

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c. 1300. BC and Unknown

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Gilgamesh is significant bc?

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Story is relevant today bc it explores tensions bw natural & civilized worlds, potency of the love, and the question of what makes a good life?

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Significance of Akhenaten’s “Hymn to the Sun”?

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Because during this specific time, we see a slice of history where monotheism was the religion.

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When was “Hymn to the Sun” written and by what author?

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c. 1350 BC by Akhenaten

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When was the Leiden Hymns written and by who?

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c. 1250 BC by Unknown

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“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all of the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.” What is the God and reading is being described here?

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Faceless, powerful, Elohim. Inviting “Everything is yours!”

-Genesis (c. 370 AD by JEP)

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“These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.” What is the God and reading is being described here?

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Yahweh who is apprehensive they will become immortal like him.

-Genesis (c. 370 AD by JEP)

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“Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eastest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

What did Sunday school teach with this lesson?

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“Temptation” god gave humans a second chance which is a very human choice. They are then dying of their own consequences bc god invoked death.
-Genesis (c. 370 AD by JEP)

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“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and also gave some to her husband with her; and he did eat.”

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Adam was with her first off, but however, there are misogynistic christian translations. The Bible was made to be more interpretive and so a serpent=Satan?

-Genesis (c. 370 AD by JEP)

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“And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know of good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the trees of life, and eat, and live forever: therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden.” Analysis?

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Disobedience of God
-God does not want them to be immortal like him.
-Genesis (c. 370 AD by JEP)

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Differences between the floods referenced in Gilgamesh and in the Bible:

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A major difference was that the records were dated back to happening at different times. The Gilgamesh account occurred around 650 BC while the Biblical account occurred much earlier around c. 1450 BC. One God is referenced in the Bible while multiple Gods are mentioned in Gilgamesh. In the Bible a religious man was directed to build the Ark to save a limited number of people and all the species of animals. The message received was directly from God in Noah’s case, however, it was from a dream in Utnapishtim’s case. The Ark’s were built huge, but the shapes were different. That of Noah’s was rectangular while Utnapishtim’s was squarish. Both the arks had one door and at least one window. Then a great rain covered the land and the mountains in both accounts, though in the Bible, there was water coming from beneath the earth. In the Bible, the flood lasted for 40 days and 40 nights, but the recount in Gilgamesh was shorter lasting only 6 days and 7 nights, that “came with wind and flood, the storm flattening the land.” After the rain had stopped, both of the arks rested upon a mountain in different locations. In the Bible, this was the Ararat, though in Gilgamesh the mountain was Nisir. In the bible, there were sacrifices made after the flood. The God(s) were pleased and offered Noah a blessing to populate the earth with dominion over the animals, though in Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim received eternal life.

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“I am Joseph, your brother, and God has sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharoah, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.” Analysis

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Story of 12 tribes of Israel

-Genesis (c. 370 AD by JEP)

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Why does Joseph get thrown in jail?

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Joseph was thrown in jail because his owner’s wife falsely accused him of attempted rape.

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Why does Pharoah call Joseph out of prison?

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To interpret a dream

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What charge does Joseph charge his brothers with?

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Stealing

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In who’s sack does Joseph have the cup placed?

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Benjamin

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Why do the brothers freak out when they open their sacks?

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“My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack!”
-Genesis (c. 370 AD by JEP)

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Didactic

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Teaching-intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

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When was the Koran written and by whom?

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650 AD by Muhammad

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Canon

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the list of works considered to be permanently established as being of the highest quality.

24
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Tannak and Torah date est.

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Tannak=Hebrew Bible
Torah=first 5 books of Tannak

c. 100 AD JEP

25
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Hebrew canon est. ?

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c. 100 AD

26
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Document Hypothesis

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(100% wrong) c. 1870
JEP
Different people, in different places, times, and communities wrote down different things.
J-Yahweh c. 8th century
E-lohim
P-riestly c. 400 BC

12 brothers of Joseph=12 Tribes of Israel

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T/F: Was the Koran patriarchal?

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T

28
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“The Egyptian who brought him said to his wife: “Be kind to him, he may prove useful to us, or we may adopt him as our son.” ID the book, date, and author.

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Koran, 650 AD, Muhammad

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Oedipus and Antigone’s date written and author:

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c. 450 BC, Sophocles

30
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Oedipus was significant bc?

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It was religiously important, the theater had both theory+history of truth

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Irony

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the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Ex: used in Oedipus and Antigone by Sophocles because it appeals to the audiences irony of when the audience knows something that the main characters dont.

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3 Main points of Oedipus:

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1) Play is concerned about the problem of human knowledge. -You know you’re going to die, or you don’t know anything.
2) Oed freely chooses impiety to reject the religious faith in the play.
3) I will argue that faith is not locked in play, though we do see divine authority conquer human randomness.

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“Oh my children, the new bloodof ancient Thebes, why are you here? huddling at my altar, Praying before me, your branches wound in wool.” ID book, date, and author. Include analysis.

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Oedipus, c. 450 BC, Sophocles
O is very sympathetic for his people

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[Helping a Priest to his feet] in Oedipus analysis:

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oed. showing a bit of leadership and showing how they are equals. The people are praying to the Gods when oed. wants to end the famine.

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“I’ll do anything. I would be **blind **to misery not to pity my people kneeling at my feet.

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Irony of sight

There is a lot of irony of sight involved in oed.

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“Oed. How can we cleanse ourselves––what rites? What’s the source of the trouble?” Analysis:

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Fundamentally religious

37
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Describe Creon’s demeanor in Oed.

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smooth and political

38
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Oed. “No messenger, no fellow-traveler saw what happened? Someone to cross-examine?”

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Murder Mystery?
Intellectually he has experience in this from the Sphinx
Oedipus, c. 450 BC, Sophocles

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Oed. “A theif so daring, so wild he’d kill a king? Impossible, unless conspirators paid him off in Thebes.” Analysis:

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oed’s mind is an absolutists (B&W)
Oedipus, c. 450 BC, Sophocles

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Oed. “I’ll start again––I’ll bring it all to light myself!” Analysis

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Tremedous speech of self-sufficiency “I have done this before and I will do it again.”
Oedipus, c. 450 BC, Sophocles

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Oed. “ It does but not for you, old man. You’ve lost your power, stone-blind, stone-deaf, eyes blind as stone! “ Analysis:

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Oed is using impiety to reject faith.
Oedipus, c. 450 BC, Sophocles

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Oed. “Where were you? Did you rise to the crisis? Not a word, you and your birds, your gods––nothing.” Analysis:

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O has rejected his faith. There are also flapping birds seen and these are what oracles were communicated bw cities.

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Describe Jocasta’s demeanor in Oedipus:

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Mothering and Condescending

44
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Oed. “Twist his arm back, quickly!” Analysis:

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-oed. has totally collapsed morally.
Oedipus, c. 450 BC, Sophocles

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Oed. “O god–– all come true, all burst to light! O light––now let me look my last on you!” Analysis:

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oed. has an epiphany, a moment of self-awareness because he now understands the truth.
Oedipus, c. 450 BC, Sophocles

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Why is oed. considered the savior of Thebes?

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He saved Thebes from its control under the sphiynx

47
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What god was mentioned most in Oedipus?

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Apollo

48
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Who pins Oed’s ankles together as a baby?

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The parents

49
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What does Oedipus do to himself after witnessing Jocasta’s death?

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Uses her jewelery to gouge his eyes out.

50
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Who takes over as king after oedipus is exiled?

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Creon

51
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Why is Oed. significant?

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You cannot control your fate
fate versus free concept

52
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What is Mesopotamia

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Fertile Crescent