exam 1 Flashcards

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liturgical text

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relate to words, music, and action used in ceremony

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veneration

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respect or awe by the dignity, wisdom, dedication

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akhenaten is a__

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philosopher
has power
wealth

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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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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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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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Human and animals are all part

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of nature and not separated

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light symbolizes

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god, God and son

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Who wrote the great hymn to Aten

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Pharaoh Akhenatan

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Enuma Elish text is

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Akkadian

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Enuma Elish evolved from

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Sumerian myth

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

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sun, moon, and stars

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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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in Comparing Genesis and Enuma Elish, barrier

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holds back upper waters

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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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In Enuma Elish the symbol of chaos is

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goddess Tiamat(sea goddess)

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Genesis refers to

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deep

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Hebrew word for deep is _____, linguistically related to Tiamat

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tehom

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cosmogony

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deals with origin of the universe (solar system)

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God the protagonist is

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sovereign and divine
creator and craftsman

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God the protagonist

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sustainer and provider
transcendent majesty

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Marduk

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father figure, idea of ancestry and parents

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Anuk
son of God
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Genesis 1 and 2
reference morality, 7 days of God plan, alliteration
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Literary features ---
recurrence, repetition, and ritual fixed pattern progression
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recurrence, repetition, and ritual
*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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fixed pattern
*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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progression
*creation of light precedes light bearers (sun, moon) *creation of land and sea precedes animals and plants
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Hebraic literary device
move from general to specific
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three balanced pairs 1
Day 1 light Day 4 light bearers
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three balanced pairs 2
Day 2 sky separated from sea Day 5 birds and sea
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three balanced pairs 3
Day 3 dry land and vegetation Day 6 land animals and man
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__are then used throughout Bible
3's and 7's
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identified by Aristotle as founder of natural philosophy is
Thales
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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___
Thales
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Who paved way for scientific method
Thales
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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
Heraclitus
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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
Heraclitus
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*observed among animals that food develops into flesh, hair, etc. * believed food must contain within it hair and flesh
Anaxagoras
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causal agent (Mind) is
initiator of origin
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__ is initial cause of motion
Mind
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*thereafter momentum puts everything else in place * proposed rational governing principle free of mythical or theological characteristics
Anaxagoras
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"A long and highly stylized narrative poem celebrating the heroic achievements of its hero"
epic
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in media res means
into the midst of things
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The iliad is written by
homer
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epic simile also know as homeric simile elaborate on
comparison between 2 different objects using like or as
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generally wisest, most courageous character, often serving as a
symbol
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having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment
wisest
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courageous character
stand up against the odds without flinching
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transcends time
to go above or beyond (a limit, expectation, etc.)
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extreme
reaching a high or the highest degree
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antagonistic means
showing unfriendliness towards something or someone
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specific characteristic of an epic hero
suffers great trails possesses physical strength embodies virtues
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another specific characteristics of an epic hero are
fights for common good noble birth deeds of great strength
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specific characteristics of an epic hero are
great warrior travels over vast setting national hero humility
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supernatural help and symbol are
characteristics of an epic hero
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Examples of Epic Heroes
*Gilgamesh * Achilles * Hercules * Odysseus * Beowulf
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Gilgamesh
Sumerian king of Uruk
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who is known as the builder of the wall of Uruk
Gilgamesh
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Gilgamesh mother is said to be ___
goddess Ninsum (Lady of the cow)
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Ninsum is the wife of god____ but not Gilgamesh father.
Lugalbanda
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real father was a _____ of ______ district of Uruk
high priest , kullab
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Many poems combined into one
Analytics theory
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one poet created entirely both Iliad and Odyssey, or at least each epic written by one individual
Unitarian theory
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an original core poem to which episodes were attached
expansion theory
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self-proclaimed descendent of Homer who preserved and propagated his poetry dates to early 6th century BC
Homeridae
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Iliad
a poem of Troy
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anger eventually spreads to elements—and the gods__
fire and water—and Apollo, Athena, Zeus, Hera
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Themes in The Iliad
*rage * the will * division
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first painting -(The Shield of Achilles)
war and peace, work and leisure
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Enuma Elish is written by the
Babylonians
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Who wrote the book of Samuel
prophet Samuel