Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Hebrew Religious Contrast
Hist 103
7-12-13
Hurricane crisis
With the smell of the freshly cut parade deck, the sound of Knobs scuffling in the gutters to class, and and the warmth from the radiant Charleston sun, it is just another beautiful day at The Citadel. As the day passes along however, the weather takes a turn for the worse. An unexpected hurricane comes sweeping through the campus in a path of destruction. The hurricane’s destructive force makes a mess of campus, but the history building in particular is hit worst of all. Some of the survivors begin to contemplate why their building was hit so hard, yet the english building is practically unscathed. As if it were something out of a writing prompt, three civilians from ancient worlds have come to offer their possible explanations in an attempt to comfort the professors. The first person, a Hebrew claims that the hurricane was a sign from God that they have sinned beyond return much like the flood from the book of Genesis and that bad things happen to good people, comparable to the Book of Job(Laws, Gods, and Heroes, 51-60). The second, a Babylonian believes that this was the work of many gods, and that the professors were no longer needed for use and disposed of. He compared it to the extinction in “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and suggested that they should live life to the fullest(The Epic of Gilgamesh). The third man was a polytheistic Egyptian, who explained the disaster should be blamed on the pharaoh. He offers comfort in that, now the deceased may proceed to Paradise, and compares the events to the story of Osiris(Laws, Gods, and Heroes, 46-51).
The first explanation, from the ancient Hebrew standpoint, is one that unlike the Egyptians and Mesopotamians, the Hebrew god is a personal one, and that man is his child(Laws, Gods, and Heroes). The Hebrew believes that the history department was chosen by God to be punished. In the story of Noah’s Ark, God sends a flood that wiped out all of man, except for Noah and his family,
7-12-13
Hurricane crisis
With the smell of the freshly cut parade deck, the sound of Knobs scuffling in the gutters to class, and and the warmth from the radiant Charleston sun, it is just another beautiful day at The Citadel. As the day passes along however, the weather takes a turn for the worse. An unexpected hurricane comes sweeping through the campus in a path of destruction. The hurricane’s destructive force makes a mess of campus, but the history building in particular is hit worst of all. Some of the survivors begin to contemplate why their building was hit so hard, yet the english building is practically unscathed. As if it were something out of a writing prompt, three civilians from ancient worlds have come to offer their possible explanations in an attempt to comfort the professors. The first person, a Hebrew claims that the hurricane was a sign from God that they have sinned beyond return much like the flood from the book of Genesis and that bad things happen to good people, comparable to the Book of Job(Laws, Gods, and Heroes, 51-60). The second, a Babylonian believes that this was the work of many gods, and that the professors were no longer needed for use and disposed of. He compared it to the extinction in “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and suggested that they should live life to the fullest(The Epic of Gilgamesh). The third man was a polytheistic Egyptian, who explained the disaster should be blamed on the pharaoh. He offers comfort in that, now the deceased may proceed to Paradise, and compares the events to the story of Osiris(Laws, Gods, and Heroes, 46-51).
The first explanation, from the ancient Hebrew standpoint, is one that unlike the Egyptians and Mesopotamians, the Hebrew god is a personal one, and that man is his child(Laws, Gods, and Heroes). The Hebrew believes that the history department was chosen by God to be punished. In the story of Noah’s Ark, God sends a flood that wiped out all of man, except for Noah and his family,