Yosefa Raz‚ yosefaraz@berkeley.edu office hours: Th 1-2 and by appt. Course requirements Participation (sections)‚ 20%; two short papers (5 pgs)‚ 20% each; Midterm exam‚ 20%; Final exam‚ 20% Required texts Ronald Hendel‚ The Book of Genesis: A Biography (Princeton University Press‚ 2012) Charles Darwin‚ The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition of the First Edition‚ ed. James T. Costa (Harvard University Press‚ 2011) (paperback)
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16 If one broke the rules they would be punished by the old council of gods known as Annunak. Babylonian Enuma Elish (meaning When above the heaven) was created during the First Babylonian Dynasty. It is one of the most important creation stories of the Mesopotamian civilizations because‚ it records the political endeavors of the god Marduk.17
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should define us‚ not the fear of the inevitable‚ thus the epic depicts human life as a thing of consequence‚ an end in itself. The Epic of Gilgamesh represents a monumental break from traditional Mesopotamian belief. Human life as characterized in the Enuma Elis creation myth‚ presents a rather bleak outlook on the natural order‚ and Man’s place within it. Tablet VI of the myth describes Ea fashioning mankind out of the blood of the defeated Kingu‚ freeing the Anunnaki from toil‚ man was intended to serve
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Brahma…grandfather and creator… is the presiding God‚ and Dharma walks steadily and securely” Gods represented in different myths illustrate varying significant aspects of society in regards to political and social structure to name a few. A passage from “Enuma Elish” explains how the universe was born from water – “in the beginning‚
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most powerful deity‚ chief of the pantheon. Statues of winged bulls were a protective symbol related to the god Sin Mesopotamia‚ while the ankh‚ a kind of cross with a loop at the top‚ was a prominent representation of life in ancient Egypt. The Enuma Elish tells the Mesopotamian story of creation and explains how Marduk became the chief of the gods. The Egyptian Book of the Dead was a guide for the dead‚ setting out magic spells and charms to be used to pass judgment in the afterlife. Ancient Nippur
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Theological Foundations midterm topics & questions Remember the BIG STORY: Patriarchs‚ EXODUS‚ Covenant‚ Torah‚ Land‚ Monarchy‚ Temple‚ Split Kingdoms‚ North Destroyed‚ South in EXILE‚ Return to Land‚ rebuild Temple Return from the Exile … Second Temple Judaism Remember the BIG NAMES: Abraham (creator of 3 major religions‚ father of Jewish nation)‚ Isaac (son of Abraham was going to be sacrificed)‚ Jacob/Israel (fight with God‚ named changed to Israel‚ father of 12 tribes)‚ Twelve
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RELIGION EN MESOPOTAMIA Contexto Histórico La creación de los textos escogidos se enmarca en la poderosa civilización que vivió en la región de Mesopotamia‚ ubicada entre los ríos Tigris y Éufrates. Ésta ha sido llamada muchas veces la “cuna de la civilización”‚ y es el lugar de donde proceden los vestigios de escritura más antiguos que se conocen (junto a los jeroglíficos egipcios)‚ además de uno de los sistemas de legislación más antiguos. En Mesopotamia habitaron diversos pueblos
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both content and order of the books Prophets: second part of the canon in Jewish tradition (Has two divisions‚ former prophets and latter prophets) Tanakh: the bible for jews. Reffered to as the Hebrew bible. Torah: first five book of the bible (Genesis‚ exodus‚ Leviticus‚ numbers‚ and Deuteronomy) Writings: the third division of the jewish canon In jewish teadition the bible has three parts‚ the Torah‚ the Prophets‚ and the Writings. The Prophet has two divisions‚ Former prophets and latter
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Many early civilizations were miles apart‚ but traders were still able to travel to other lands to trade and make contact with other civilizations that were very different. Mesopotamian and Indus civilizations were two of the many civilizations that would have travelled to each other’s land to trade goods. However‚ because the Mesopotamian and Indus merchants were from different cultures‚ they would have viewed each other’s civilizations very differently. For example‚ a Mesopotamian could have
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