Hamlet Compared To Gilgamesh

World Literature Engl 220-1
Hebraical Scripture

Notes lecture on Hebraical Scriptures as Literature
? watchword as Literature
? Old Testament red-hot Testament ? Hebrew Scriptures ? Tanach (Old Testament to Jewish peoples)
? The Torah (Law) - Pentateuch ? Nebim (Prophets) ? Ketubim (Writings)

 wherefore Study the Bible?
? All time best seller, every(prenominal) year bestseller ? some translated book in world ? Most influential book in Western history ? induction document for Islam ? Pervasive influence on western literature

? Shakespeare alludes to tidings 1,300 times in his works ? George Gallup: A nation of biblical illiterates ? Wendy Kaminer: If you teach the Bible outside
of close conjunction with other religions, it becomes a kind of promotion of the majority faith. It becomes too hard for roughly folks to draw the line between teaching and preaching.





Gallup questions:
? light upon the title of one of the four gospels (50% could) ? Name the Bibles first book

Influences in Western Society
? Image of divinity ? Code of ethics ? Attitudes
? To women, to other aspects of creation

? View of history ? Prophecies of future

Hebrew Scriptures shared:
? Jewish peoples ? Christians ? Islam

Complexity of its authorship: Multiple authors
? J 900 BCE
? Founding of Hebrews tribal identity ? Chronicles mail from Egyptian bondage ? Reception of ethical code on Mt Sinai ? Triumphant entry into Canaan

Language of the Bible:
? Hebrew language derived from Phoenicians 1500-1000 BCE ? New syllabary out of syllabic Egyptian signs (30) ? Later replaced by script called square writing

 explanation challenges from Hebrew:
? ? ? ? ? ? No vowels No sentence stops heathen meanings: wilderness place of completeness After life beliefs Sin as social/individual

Authors:
? ? ? ? E 700 BCE D about 650 BCE P around 500 BCE Strands joined together and recognized around four hundred BCE by Ezra ? Canon formed in 90BCE at Council of Jamnia (offical disposition of...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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