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exam 1 Flashcards

1
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liturgical text

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relate to words, music, and action used in ceremony

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2
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veneration

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respect or awe by the dignity, wisdom, dedication

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3
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akhenaten is a__

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philosopher
has power
wealth

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4
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center to the hymn’s message is Aten’s good provisions for the human world which is —-

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all goods things are connected to the sun, which creates life

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5
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The poem claims only two people fully understand true nature of Aten,

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Akhenaten himself and his
queen, Nefertiti

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6
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Akhenaten worshiped the
Aten (sun) as

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one true god

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7
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The great hymn to Aten bears similarities
to

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Psalm 104

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8
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Human and animals are all part

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of nature and not separated

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9
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light symbolizes

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god, God and son

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10
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Who wrote the great hymn to Aten

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Pharaoh Akhenatan

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11
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Enuma Elish text is

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Akkadian

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12
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Enuma Elish evolved from

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Sumerian myth

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13
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in both Genesis and Enuma Elish, matter exist when ___ and _____ precedes _____

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creation begins, darkness, creation

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14
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Comparing Genesis and Enuma Elish, lights exist before creation of the ____

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sun, moon, and stars

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15
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Genesis and Enuma Elish both talks about division between

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waters above and waters below

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16
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in Comparing Genesis and Enuma Elish, barrier

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holds back upper waters

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17
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similar creation sequence of Genesis and Enuma Elish are

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division of waters
dry land
stars
humanity

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18
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In Enuma Elish the symbol of chaos is

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goddess Tiamat(sea goddess)

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19
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Genesis refers to

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deep

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20
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Hebrew word for deep is _____, linguistically related to Tiamat

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tehom

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21
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cosmogony

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deals with origin of the universe (solar system)

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22
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God the protagonist is

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sovereign and divine
creator and craftsman

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23
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God the protagonist

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sustainer and provider
transcendent majesty

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24
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Marduk

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father figure, idea of ancestry and parents

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25
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Anuk

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son of God

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26
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Genesis 1 and 2

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reference morality, 7 days of God plan, alliteration

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27
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Literary features —

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recurrence, repetition, and ritual
fixed pattern
progression

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28
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recurrence, repetition, and ritual

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*and God said…”
* “and there was evening and there was morning…”
* “Let there be…”
* “God called…”
* “and it was so”
* “God saw that it was good.”

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29
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fixed pattern

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*announcement ( “and God said”)
*command (“Let there be…; let it be gathered…; let
it bring forth”)
*report (“and so it was…; and God made…”)
*evaluation (“And God saw that it was good.”)
*placement in time (“and there was evening and
there was morning…”)

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30
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progression

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*creation of light precedes light bearers (sun, moon)
*creation of land and sea precedes animals and plants

31
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Hebraic literary device

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move from general to specific

32
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three balanced pairs 1

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Day 1 light
Day 4 light bearers

33
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three balanced pairs 2

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Day 2 sky separated from sea
Day 5 birds and sea

34
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three balanced pairs 3

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Day 3 dry land and vegetation
Day 6 land animals and man

35
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__are then used throughout Bible

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3’s and 7’s

36
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identified by Aristotle as founder of natural philosophy is

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Thales

37
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*nature is single material substance,water
*water has potential to change into botanical, physical, meteorological,and geological states
*Earth floats on water
*hypotheses excluded godly intervention;provided natural explanations instead
*paved way for scientific method___

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Thales

38
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Who paved way for scientific method

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Thales

39
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*world lacks beginning or ending
* all things are one, in a sense
* opposites are necessary but unify in system of balanced exchanges

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Heraclitus

40
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*world consists of a law-like interchange of
elements; thus, sequence of “stuffs”: fire,
water, earth, all interconnected
* e.g. fire transforms into water (sea); half returns to fire (firewind), half to earth
* world (creation) is continuous, governed by natural law of change

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Heraclitus

41
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*observed among animals that food develops into flesh, hair, etc.
* believed food must contain within it hair and flesh

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Anaxagoras

42
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causal agent (Mind) is

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initiator of origin

43
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__ is initial cause of motion

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Mind

44
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*thereafter momentum puts everything else in place
* proposed rational governing principle free of mythical or theological characteristics

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Anaxagoras

45
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“A long and highly stylized narrative poem celebrating the heroic achievements of its hero”

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epic

46
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in media res means

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into the midst of things

47
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The iliad is written by

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homer

48
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epic simile also know as homeric simile elaborate on

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comparison between 2 different objects using like or as

49
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generally wisest, most courageous character,
often serving as a

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symbol

50
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having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment

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wisest

51
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courageous character

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stand up against the odds without flinching

52
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transcends time

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to go above or beyond (a limit, expectation, etc.)

53
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extreme

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reaching a high or the highest degree

54
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antagonistic means

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showing unfriendliness towards something or someone

55
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specific characteristic of an epic hero

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suffers great trails
possesses physical strength
embodies virtues

56
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another specific characteristics of an epic hero are

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fights for common good
noble birth
deeds of great strength

57
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specific characteristics of an epic hero are

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great warrior
travels over vast setting
national hero
humility

58
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supernatural help and symbol are

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characteristics of an epic hero

59
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Examples of Epic Heroes

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*Gilgamesh
* Achilles
* Hercules
* Odysseus
* Beowulf

60
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Gilgamesh

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Sumerian king of Uruk

61
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who is known as the builder of the
wall of Uruk

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Gilgamesh

62
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Gilgamesh mother is said to be ___

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goddess Ninsum (Lady of the cow)

63
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Ninsum is the wife of god____ but not Gilgamesh father.

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Lugalbanda

64
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real father was a _____ of ______ district of Uruk

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high priest , kullab

65
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Many poems combined into one

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Analytics theory

66
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one poet created entirely both Iliad and Odyssey, or at least each epic written by one individual

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Unitarian theory

67
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an original core poem to which episodes were attached

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expansion theory

68
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self-proclaimed descendent of Homer who preserved and propagated his poetry dates to early 6th century BC

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Homeridae

69
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Iliad

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a poem of Troy

70
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anger eventually spreads to elements—and the gods__

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fire and water—and Apollo, Athena, Zeus, Hera

71
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Themes in The Iliad

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*rage
* the will
* division

72
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first painting -(The Shield of
Achilles)

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war and peace, work and leisure

73
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Enuma Elish is written by the

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Babylonians

74
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Who wrote the book of Samuel

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prophet Samuel

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