REL 1004 Lecture : August 27 Notes
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Orientation maps: 35-3800 egypt became and remained very powerful part of world for about. Literary evidence = the biblical text it is hebrew literature there???) Genesis is saying when god came to create, the earth was already: 2. Non-literary physical artifacts (types of clothing, what they were buried with/how they were buried, etc. ) A standard against which things may be judged : canon of music (beethoven), canon of poetry ( certain line patterns), etc. Writing in ancient times: preservative, is not a creative activity, ancient writing materials: stone, copper/bronze, wood/bark, papyrus, leather, parchment, ostraca, 1. Types and purposes of ancient writing: 1. Wisdom (secular literature; older people explaining life to younger people) proverbs very practical and a lot of wisdom. Belief in the divine origin of literature: 2. Assumption of internal coherence (no two ways of looking at it: the truth is: 3. Alternate points of view serves as warranties of honesty : 2.
