Religious Studies 201 Final Exam Review Lecture Notes -...

Religious Studies 201 lecture notes final exam review
exam:
1. terms and concepts
---given a list of 10 terms and we will be asked to choose 5 and to explain them, situate
them in context to indicate where appropriate background, date, meanings,
connotations and relevance to narratives
-should be able to come up with at least 5 points
ex. Enki
-also known as Ea
-god of water, the trickster god
-he planned the interferences in atrahasis
---he is the one who gives advice
utnaphistim, nergal, ereshkigal, the covenant, marduk, tiamat, the zigorat, ishtar,
shamhat,
ex.document theory
-many different authors contributed to the Hebrew bible and they were put together
(tried to explain the reason between the inconsistencies)
---tries to explain inconsistencies and differences from different texts of the bible for
example genesis 1,2,3
-Jahweh (the name yahweh as the main god),Priestly traditions (genesis1)
<demonstrates the priestly concerns of rituals>
ex. hammurabi
-king of bablyon and wrote the laws on the stele