CLA204 Lecture 1 Notes What is myth? - mûthos (ancient Greek) – “story”‚ “plot” of a narrative - myth – “a traditional story of collective (social) importance” – character‚ plot‚ temporal and special setting - mûthos (story) + logos (account) = “study of myth”‚ mythology - set in distant past or time so long ago when humans did not exist - mythical place – ie. garden paradise‚ world of the dead‚ etc. Circulation of Myth: oral (Orpheus‚ Homer‚ Hesiod) literary (Ovid‚ Euripides) artistic
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by religion was Mesopotamia‚ as seen from their texts such as the Enuma Elish. Mesopotamian worldviews contrast from modern worldviews‚ which in turn cause our perspectives on every aspect of life to vary. One aspect in which modern and Mesopotamian views disagree is the topic of origin. Many with a modern‚ Christian worldview believe there is only one God and He created the world. The Mesopotamians‚ according to the Enuma Elish‚ believed in multiple gods and they seemingly were constantly fighting
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play in creation stories believed by a particular society. In some of the creation stories studied‚ women are portrayed as inferior to men even though they possess great strengths or the ability to manipulate men. The creation stories of Genesis‚ Enuma Elish‚ and The Creation of Pandora from Works and Days all have feminine characters that are portrayed as inferior to men even though they possess great strengths or the ability to manipulate men. In the Genesis creation story‚ it is easy enough to
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Written in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis 1:1-31 through to Genesis 2:1-3‚ is the most popular Hebrew and Christian version of the Creation story. To begin with‚ in the first day God creates heaven‚ Earth‚ day and night. Then on the second day the skies and oceans are created followed by the creation of dry land‚ vegetation and fruit trees on the third day. Continuing on the fourth day God creates the sun‚ moon‚ stars and then on the fifth day all creatures that swim along with all creatures
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above the likes of a mere human (Norton Anthology‚ 26-29). Something they share with the tale of Innana: Queen of Heaven and Earth is the presence of serpents‚ a strong symbol of deceit and betrayal in creation stories. Genesis1&2 and the Enuma Elish share many themes and motivations in their versions of the Earth’s origin. The stories of Genesis come from the Hebrew version of the Bible‚ a book that was rewritten in the fifth century B.C.E.‚ a time when the people of this faith were exiled
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Origins in Science and Religion Letters and Science 121 T-Th 2:00-3:30‚ 2040 VLSB Spring 2013 This course explores the concepts of origins in science and religion and their cultural contexts and entanglements‚ from antiquity to the present. Popular culture tends to emphasize the conflict between science and religion on such issues‚ particularly‚ in recent times‚ with respect to the origin of life and its evolution (including human evolution). We hold that science must acknowledge history‚ both
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earth and characterizes it as something evil because it is an obstacle for God to overcome to continue creating. Further examples can be seen in the combat myths. As seen in the Baal cycle‚ Yamm is the sea and is also the evil force. Similarly in Enuma Elish‚ Tiamat is the evil sea monster. He was the evil force and his evil is symbolized through his associated with the
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information covered in class that could appear on the exam.* OBJECTIVE SECTION Terms polythetic monothetic religious man chaos Ruether Infancy Gospel of Thomas Kami Veda 10.72 Matthew 28 section Varnashramdharma Communitas Kiva Etic Osage Modern man Enuma Elish Genesis 1 Elohim Yahweh Gospel of Mary Paul Tillich Upanishad 1.4 Romans 6 section Karma Gill Purity Ball Emic Cosmogony Marduk Genesis 2-3 Orthodox Canon Vedas bris/brit Garuda Purana van Gennep Disenchantment Evangelical Eliade Profane space Axis
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The Purpose of this paper is to discuss the creation story in Genesis 1-2‚ explain why Genesis is not a continuation of Genesis 1‚ find the major points these stories make about who God is‚ and explain what Genesis 1-3 tell us today about God and our world. Genesis 2 can not be an extension of Genesis‚ because the order of creation is differentiates from chapter 1 to chapter 2. In Genesis Chapter 1it is written that on the first day God created light. On the second day God separated sea from sky
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men populated the earth they had to uphold the truth and balance of Maat. They had the task of tending the earth and worshipping the gods. The gods‚ in turn‚ protected and loved their creations.” Meanwhile‚ a little further down in tablet VI of Enuma Elish it says “He shall be charged with service of the gods that they might be at ease!” (8-9). The Egyptians were just thrown onto Earth‚ only to serve the gods‚ without even a
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