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Section Two

SECTION TWO: OLD TESTAMENT (PREHISTORY)

 

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Discussion One: Creation, Story One: Genesis 1:1-2:4(a)
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Discussion Two: Creation, Story Two: Genesis 2:4(b)-25
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Western Art: Jacob de Backer
Literature: Comparative Literature - Enuma Elish (Ancient Mesopotamia), University of Pennsylvania
 
Discussion Three: The Fall - Genesis 3:1-24
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Western Art: Niccolo

Literature: John Milton (Milton Reading Room,  Dartmouth College); William Golding

Popular Culture: Television

 

 

 

 

Discussion Four:     Cain and Abel: Genesis 4:1-17, 25

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Literature: Beowulf, McMaster University
 
Discussion Five: The Great Flood: Genesis 6-9

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Literature: Comparative Literature - Gilgamesh (Ancient Mesopotamia); University of Evansville, Exploring Ancient World Cultures ; Introduction to Gilgames, University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies;See especially the very nice Summary of Gilgamesh, by Richard Hooker, Washington State University

Discussion Six: The Tower of Babel: Genesis Genesis 11:1-9

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Western Art: Jacques de Armagnac; Pieter the Elder