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ENGLISH 130, BIBLICAL & CLASSICAL LITERATURE, Melvin J. Hoffman, Spr. 2001

1.00  Required Works for the Course:

1.10  Required Classical Works:

Fagles, Robert. Trans. Aeschylus: _Orestia_ NY: Penguin / Viking, 1984.

Fitzgerald, Robert. Trans. Homer: _The Iliad_ Garden City, NY: Anchor
      Press/Doubleday, 1975.

______. Trans. Virgil: _The Aeneid_ NY: Alfred H. Knopf, 1990.

Humphries, Rolf. Trans. Ovid: _The Metamorphoses_ Indiana U. Press, 1955.

Grene, David et al. Transs. Sophocles: _Oedipus Plays_ 2nd. Ed. U. of 
      Chicago Press, 1993.

1.20  Bible Versions either Required for Course or Recommended for 
      Comparison.

1.21  Students must use one of the 3 versions below. For comparison, 
      students are invited, not required, to use versions under 1.22, 
      1.23, Or 1.24--along with-but NOT INSTEAD OF one of the 3 ver-
      sions below:

      Assignments and Questions are Keyed to these 3 Versions Only: 
                         
      The Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha*(RSV)                  

      The New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha* (NRSV)                                
                      
      Revised English Bible with Apocrypya* (REB)

1.22  Only these three versions key the questions; i.e. questions 
      assume verse numbers, person and place names, translation 
choices etc. of these three versions, and the presence of all books 
under discussion.

1.23  If students answer incorrectly because they are not using an 
      approved version, the error will be considered an error in 
following instructions and will still count against them. Put another 
way, statements such as " My version does not have that book.", "My 
version does not use that name.", or "My version has different verse 
numberings." will be unacceptable excuses.
                      
1.24  The following three versions lack only three books of the
      Vulgate, two of which books will have portions assigned in 
this course; otherwise, these fine versions would have been in-
cluded with the three versions in section 1.10.

The Jerusalam Bible (JB) 

The New American Bible (NAB) 

The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB)

1.25  These versions, which have editions both with and without the
      Apocrypha, are fine translations but are inconvenient for this
      course.

      The New English Bible (NEB) makes identification of individual 
      verses difficult or impossible for reference purposes.

      The Good News Bible/Today's English Version (TEV) regularizes 
different names for people and objects to one; and--in many places--
adds interpretive words, not text original, for clarity. (Note: all 
versions add, to some extent; however, TEV's rampant uses of such 
additions makes it unusable for the course.)
 
1.26  The  following excellent versions are excluded only for lack 
      of books.

      The New American Standard Version  (ASV)      

      The New International Version  (NIV)      

      The Tanakh (TNK), JPS--1984 (Hardcover Only)

      The 1st. two lack editions  with  the  Apocrypha*;  the last 
lacks both Apocrypha* and Greek Christian (New Testament) Scriptures.

1.27  Use of Versions (below) is discouraged either/both as many 
      words in them have altered or lost original English meanings                  
      and/or as their translators lacked recent archeological     
      and textual evidence now available.                                                   

      The King James Version (KJV)
              
      The Douay-Rheims Version of the Vulgate (D-R)            
     
      The Holy Scriptures (THS)

Books--which Protestants term Apocryphal and Roman Catholics 
(with three books excepted) call Deutero-Canonical--are called 
"Jewish Greek Scriptures" in this course.

1.30 Reference Sources:
 
     (An * with a question warns that there may be a need to consult 
references below to answer correctly).

Additional works which students need not purchase, but should know 
library locations of, or otherwise should have access to, include:

     1.  Biblical Atlases, No Specific Titles or Editions.      

     2.  Dictionaries, Commentaries, Sources, Concordances and other 
         Works Listed on Last three Pages of Syllabus.

     Also, students will need to locate, for certain answers, the 
following literary works:

     3.      Clement Moore's _Night before Christmas_.

     4 & 5.  Shakespeare's. As you like it and Hamlet.

2.00 Remarks on the Literatures.

2.10 Percentage Breakdown of Literatures:

     Approximate percentages paid respective literatures are: 25%--Jewish
Hebrew  Aramaic Scriptures, 10%--Jewish Greek Scriptures, 10%--Christian
Greek Scriptures: for a Scripture total of 45%; 35%--Greek Classics, 25%
--Latin Classics for a Classics total of 55%.

2.12  Jewish Aramaic Scriptures:

      Although  Aramaic/Chaldee/Syriac words and influences appear in 
some Psalms, Ezekiel, Esther, Job, Jonah, Songs and elsewhere--the 
undisputed examples are: two letters in Ezra, 4.8-6.18  7.12-26; one 
narrative in and about Daniel, 2.4b-7.28; one verse in Jeremiah, 10.11; 
and two words in Genesis, 31.4.
 
2.13  Definition of Scriptural Terms: (Those with NRSV cf. pp. vi.  vii.)

      The terms for scriptures used by the instructor in class and in
syllabi combine the religion of the original intended audience with the 
language in which they have been transmitted to us.

      The earliest literature is termed Jewish Hebrew and Aramaic 
Scriptures. They are canonical for the largest and most familiar Jewish 
groups as well as of all Christians of whom I am aware. A Hebrew acronym
TaNaKh is used by some Jews for this body of literature. It forms the 
entire Old Testament for Protestants and Part of the Old Testament
for Roman, Orthodox, and Oriental Catholic churches.

	The next is termed Jewish Greek Scriptures. They occur in two
families of texts: the Western and Eastern. The Latin Vulgate or
Biblia Sacra has a Western book for which original Greek texts no
longer exist: Second/Fourth Esdras. Eastern texts have the Western
list minus Second/Fourth Esdras plus the Psalms of Solomon, the
Odes, the 151st. Psalm and Third and Fouth Maccabees.

       No Jewish group accepts this literature as canonical, Protes-
tants term them all as Apocryphal books, or--as a whole--the Western 
Text is termed the Apocrypha. Roman Catholics accept the Western books 
as a "Second" recognized canon or as "Duetero"-canonical with three
exceptions. The exceptions are first/third Esdras, second/fourth
Esdras and the Prayer of Manasseh. They are appended in the Latin
version but not in vernacular versions. The Greek Orthodox accepts
the Eastern Text as canonical except the Psalms of Solomon and the
Odes. Fourth Maccabees is in an appendix. The Russian Orthodox
accepts the Eastern Text as canonical except the Psalms of Solomon,
the Odes and Fourth Maccabees. Oddly enough, it adds second/fourth
Esdras. 

       The last literature is termed Christian Greek Scriptures.
They are not canonical Jews. They are canonical for almost all
Christian groups. An exception is the Syrian Orthodox Church
which excludes Second and Third John, Second Peter, Jude and
Revelations.

2.14 Uses of Non-Canonical Scriptures:

     Besides mandatory or optional inclusion in appendices, various deno- 
minations have non-canonical scripture uses. For example, Anglicans use 
Apocryphal works in Lectionaries and in Liturgy. Likewise, the Orthodox 
use Odes in Liturgy.

3.10 Evaluation

3.11 Methods:

     There are no tests or term papers. Instead, there are 12 multiple-
choice tests of 15 questions, and a 13th. multiple-choice test of 20
questions in lieu of a final. Students may use class notes, reading 
notes and books during the tests. Sharing notes or conversation is not
allowed. (You get the questions ahead of time in this syllabus; the 
multiple-choice answer sheets only are handed out on the day of the test)

3.12 Final Grade Determination:

     The total raw score possible is 200 points /(12 x 15 = 180)+(1 x 20 
= 20)/. From the 12 (not the 13th.) tests, the lowest four are dropped 
for an adjusted score of 140 points/(8 x 15 = 120)+(1 x 20)/. This ad-
justed score multiplied by 5/7, with fractions rounded off, gives a
semi-final maximum possible score of 100 from which each class-hour ab-
sence over six class-hour absences results in a deduction of one point.
(Details below.) Student grades are determined from their final scores 
curved against all other students in the course. Where natural gaps do 
not occur, the characteristic attendance and participation--of any group 
of students sharing a point total--affect the boundary determination.

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3.13 Attendance Policy:

     Attendance  begins after add day, regularly before (and occasionally
after) class. Leaving early without prior notice to professor can result 
in a 2/3 of the period absence. Each class-hour absence over six class-
hour absences is a one-point loss from the maximum possible total of 100. 
NO DISTINCTION IS MADE BETWEEN EXCUSED OR UNEXCUSED ABSENCES. The six
class-hour absences are meant  to cover advisement, registration  work
conflicts; court appearances; family crises; field  team-away trips;
funerals; illnesses; jury  military duty; religious holidays, vehicular
failure, and weather delays etc. Six class-hour absences are already more
than 10% of the semester's meetings. Innocence is not equivalent to at-
tendance. If this offends students' senses of fair play etc., they should
take another course or section.

      After add day, I pass out an attendance sheet at the beginning 
(and occasionally, without prior notice, at the end) of class. 
Prenotified departures, may or may not, result in no, to varied, 
deductions--depending upon how much time is lost. Unannounced departures 
(leaving class early without telling me in advance) receive penalties 
listed in the description below.
 
Classes meet in differing numbers of sessions.

A 42-45 session class meets M-W-F during a regular semester,

Number of Unpenalized Absences:                         6         
Points lost for each absence beyond the above:          1  
Unannounced Departure Penalty:                          2/3        

A 29-30 session class meets T-R during a regular semester or 
                      once a day during 6 weeks of summer.

Number of Unpenalized Absences:                         4         
Points lost for each absence beyond the above:          1 1/2  
Unannounced Departure Penalty:                          1        

A 19-20 session class meets once a day during 4 weeks of summer.

Number of Unpenalized Absences:                         2 2/3         
Points lost for each absence beyond the above:          2 1/4  
Unannounced Departure Penalty:                          1 1/2      

A 14-15 session class meets once a week during a regu- 
lar semester or once a day during 3 weeks of summer.

Number of Unpenalized Absences:                         2         
Points lost for each absence beyond the above:          3  
Unannounced Departure Penalty:                          2

(Final  Scores  with  Fractions  will  be  Rounded  off.)

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3.14  Instructor Contact and Test Limitations:

Dpt. Xtt.:    5416/7; 
Dpt. Fax: 878-5700.

E-mail 
Webpage

      No late or make-up test may be taken after test answers have been 
discussed in class. The discussion usually occurs the next class period 
after the test's class period, but for the single-session semester or 
for the 3/4-wk Summer course, the test and discussion may occur within 
the same class period. Therefore, if students know of their absence in 
advance, they should arrange with me to take the test earlier.

3.15  Student Awareness of Progress:

      My gradebook scores are available, during the semester, for stu-
dents to check their relative standings. This  may be done--time 
permitting--just before or after class, or during my regularly scheduled 
office hour. Students unaware of their progress will only have them-
selves to blame. (Remember, others will see your scores as well as your 
seeing theirs. If grade confidentiality is a high priority for you, 
consider another course.)

3.16 Office Hours:
     
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4.00 Schedule of Assignments

Literature Category     Reading Assignment        Assignment Number

Jewish Hebrew 
and Aramaic
     "                  Genesis          
                        Exodus (Chapters 1-20)    1   

     "                  Exodus (Chapters 21-40)
                        and 1st & 2nd Samuels     2

     "                  Job and Amos              3

     "                  Daniel 
                        and                  
Jewish Greek            Tobit                     4

     "                  Sirach/Ecclesiasticus, 
                        2nd. Maccabees 
                        and
Christian Greek         Luke                      5

     "                  John, Acts and 
                        Galatians                 6

Classical Greek         Iliad (Books  1 - 9a)     7

"                       Iliad (Books  9b-18 )     8

"                       Iliad (Books 17 -24 ) 
                        Agamemnon [1st. 
                        Orestes' Play]            9

"                       Libation Bearers, Eu-
                        menides [2nd.& 3rd.]; 
                        Oedipus Cycle            10

Classical Latin         Aeneid (Books 1- 6)      11

"                       Aeneid (Books 7-12)      12

"                       Metamorphoses            13

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4.10  Calendar of Assignments for Spring 2001

January                                          

M    22                               
W    24                                             
F    26                               
M    29   (1)                         
W    31                               

February

F     2                                  
M     5   (2)                       
W     7                                
F     9                                
M    12   (3)                       
W    14                               
F    16                                
M    --                             
W    21                       
F    23                         
M    26   (4)
W    28                                     

March

F     2
M     5   (5)
W     7
F     9
M    12   (6)
W    14
F    16
M    19   (7)
W    21
F    23
M    26   (8)
W    28
F    30

April

M     2   (9)
W     4
F     6
M    --
W    --
F    --
M    16  (10)
W    18
F    20
M    23  (11)
W    25
F    27
M    30  (12)

May

W     2
    CEP  (13)


All examinations are on Monday. (Fire Drill, Instructor Illness, or 
other exceptional circumstance etc., may result in use of Wednesday 
after Presidents' Day for examination.)

4.11 Reading Responsibility:

     The questions that follow specify passages and verses from within 
the reading assignment as well as passages or versus from other works 
with which to compare. It is tempting for students to read only the 
parts involved in the question. However, this practice frequently re-
sults in losing enough context to get the proper answer. It is more work, 
but safer, to read the whole assignment.

4.12 Major Objectives:

1.          Students will demonstrate a knowledge of the Bible as well 
            as of Greek and Roman Classics from a literary standpoint.

2.          Students will demonstrate a grasp of basic historical, li-
            terary, cultural, linguistic and other contexts: a neces-
            sary background for Biblical and Classical study.

3.          Students will demonstrate an awareness of how varied the li-
            teratures are within the Bible, and among the Greek and Ro-
            man Classics in terms of genres, styles, themes and authors.

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The Lines immediately following form figures designed for the sighted; after a line 
of asterisks, a version designed for the blind and the visually impaired follows.

4.13 Figures                 ( ? ) = [ Terah ] = ( ? )            { 11.26-7 }
                                  /            |
Figure I.                        /             |
                                /          ----------------------------------------
GENESIS GENEALOGIES            /           |                   |                  |
                              /            |                   |                  |
{ All in the Family}      ( Sarah ) = [ Abraham ]  ( ? ) = [ Haran ] = ( ? )      |
                                    |                    |           |            |
                                    |                    |           |            |
{ 20.12-3; 22.20-3 }                |   { 11.28 }     [ Lot ]    ( Milcah ) = [ Nahor ] 
                                    |                                      |
                                    |                                      |
{ 11.29, 24.15, 24.24 }             |                         ( ? ) = [ Bethuel ]
                                    |                               |
                                    |                               |
                                    |            -----------------------------------
                                    |            |                                 |
                                    |            |                                 |
                                [ Isaac ] = ( Rebekah )                ( ? ) = [ Laban ]
                                          |                                  |
                                          |                                  |
{ 24.29-30, 28.5, 29.15-30 }              |                -------------------------
                                          |                |                       |
                                          |                |                       |
                                      [ Jacob ]        ( Rachel )               ( Leah )


Figure II.

EXODUS GENEALOGIES  ( Zilpah ) ============= [ Jacob ] ================= ( Bilhah )
                               |            //      \\                 |
                               |           //        \\                |
{ Gen. 35. 23-6 }              |   ( Leah ) |        | ( Rachel )      |
                               |            |        |                 |
                   -------------            /        |                 ------------
{ 6.16, 6.18;      |           |           /    ------------           |          |
                   |           |          /     |          |           |          |
  Num. 3.17-20; [ Gad ]    [ Asher ]     /      |          |        [ Dan ]  [ Napthali ] 
                                        /  [ Joseph ] [ Benjamin ]
  1 Chr. 6.11 }                        |
                                       |
    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    |          |         |                 |          |            |
    |          |         |                 |          |            |
[ Reuben ] [ Simeon ] [ Levi ] = ( ? ) [ Judah ] [ Issachar ] [ Zebulon ]
                               |
                               |
       ---------------------------------------
       |        |        |                   |
  [ Gershon ]   |    [ Kohath ] = ( ? )  [ Merari ]             { 2.1, 6.20; Num. 3.27,
                |               |
                |               |                                 26.59; & 1 Chr. 6.12 }
                |             --------------------------------
                |             |         |         |          |   
                |             |         |         |          |                         
           ( Jochabed ) = [ Amram ] [ Ishar ] [ Hebron ] [ Uzziel ]   { 2.4, 15.20;
                        |
                        |                                             1 Chr. 6.3 }
    -----------------------
    |          |          |
    |          |          |
[ Aaron ]  [ Moses ]  ( Miriam )


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Section 4.13 Contains two figures. The first figure is called Genesis Genealogies, subtitled: All in the family. Biblical Sources are all from the book of Genesis. They are chapter 11, verses 26 through 29, chapter 20, verses 12 & 13, chapter 22, verses 21 through 23, chapter 24, verses 15, 24, 29 & 30, chapter 28, verse 5, and Chapter 29, verses 15 through 30. A man named Terah with an unamed wife begets one daughter, Sarah and with another unnamed wife begets three sons, Abraham, Haran and Nahor. Abraham marries his half sister Sarah and they beget a son, Isaac. Haran with one unnamed wife begets a son, Lot and with another unnamed wife begets a daughter, Milcah. Nahor marries his brother Haran's daughter Milcah, his neice. Milcah and Nahor beget a son Bethuel. Bethuel with an unnamed wife begets a son, Laban and a daughter, Rebekah. Rebekah marries Isaac 
who is her first cousin twice or thrice removed depending on which line is traced, and they beget Jacob a.k.a. Israel. Meanwhile Rebekah's brother Laban by an unnamed wife begets two daughters, Rachel and Leah. Both of them marry their first cousin Jacob, who also has two concubines named Bilhah and Zilpah whose origins are unknown. This leads us to the second figure called Exodus Genealogies. The Biblical Sources are from the book of Genesis, chapter 35, verses 23 through 26, from the book of Exodus, chapter 2, verses 1 & 4, and chapter 6, verses 3, 16, 18 & 20. From the book of Numbers are chapter 3, verses 17 through 20 & verse 27, and chapter 26, verse 29. From the book of First Chronicles is chapter 6, verses 3, 11 & 12. The figure two genealogy begins where the first figure left off. Jacob a.k.a. Israel has married his two first cousins, 
Rachel and Leah, with whom he will have children. He also has the two concubines Zilpah and Bilhah with whom he will have children. With his concubine Zilpha, Jacob begets two sons, Gad and Asher. With his cousin-wife Leah, Jacob begets 6 sons, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon. With his cousin-wife  Rachel, Jacob begets 2 sons, Joseph and Benjamin. With his concubine, Bilhah, Jacob begets 2 sons, Dan and Naphthali. This adds up to a dozen sons. One son, Levi, with an unnamed wife, begets a daughter Jochabed, and 3 sons, Gershon, Kohath and Marari. Levi's son Kohath, with an unnamed wife, begets 4 sons, Amram, Ishar, Hebron and Uzziel. Levi's daughter Jochabed marries her brother Kohath's son Amram, her nephew. They beget Aaron, Moses and Miriam. This ends the figures. After a row of asterisks follows text for all readers. 
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T H E   T E N   C O M M A N D E N T S  (Exo 34.27 & Deu 4.13)

[cf. Youngblood, Ronald. "Counting the Ten Commandments." 
     Bible Review. X.6 (Dec. 1994): 30-35.

Exodus 20.2 and Deuteronmony 5.6

The entire Jewish                                                1st. commandment
The 1st  of two vv. of the Protestant & Eastern Orthodox         1st. commandment
The 1st  of 5 vv. of the Roman Catholic & Lutheran               1st. commandment

Exodus 20.3 and Deuteronomy 5.7

The 1st  of 4 vv. of the Jewish                                  2nd. commandment
The 2nd  and last verse of the Protestant & Eastern Orthodox     1st. commandment
The 2nd  of 5 vv. of the Roman Catholic & Lutheran               1st. commandment

Exodus 20.4-6 and Deuteronomy 5.8-10

The 2nd through 4th & last verse of the Jewish                   2nd. commandment
The entire Protestant & Eastern Orthodox                         2nd. commandment
The 3rd through 5th & last vv. of the Roman Catholic & Lutheran  1st. commandment

Exodus 20.7 and Deuteronomy 5.11

The entire Jewish, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox               3rd. commandment
The entire Roman Catholic and Lutheran                           2nd. commandment

Exodus 20.8-11 and Deuteronomy 5.12-15

The entire Jewish, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox               4th. commandment
The entire Roman Catholic and Lutheran                           3rd. commandment

Exodus 20.12 and Deuteronomy 5.16

The entire Jewish, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox               5th. commandment
The entire Roman Catholic and Lutheran                           4th. commandment

Exodus 20.13 and Deuteronomy 5.17

The entire Jewish, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox               6th. commandment
The entire Roman Catholic and Lutheran                           5th. commandment

Exodus 20.14 and Deuteronomy 5.18

The entire Jewish, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox               7th. commandment
The entire Roman Catholic and Lutheran                           6th. commandment

Exodus 20.15 and Deuteronomy 5.19

The entire Jewish, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox               8th. commandment
The entire Roman Catholic and Lutheran                           7th. commandment

Exodus 20.16 and Deuteronomy 5.20

The entire Jewish, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox               9th. commandment
The entire Roman Catholic and Lutheran                           8th. commandment

Exodus 20.17a and Deuteronomy 5.21b

Part of the Jewish, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox             10th. commandment
The entire Roman Catholic and Lutheran                           9th. commandment

Exodus 20.17b and Deuteronomy 5.21a

The rest of the Jewish, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox         10th. commandment
The entire Roman Catholic and Lutheran                          10th. commandment

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5.01 Questions to Prepare for Test 1 on Genesis and Exodus 1.1-20

Questions 1-10: Genesis.

1.   Compare 1.29 to 9.3. What might "some people," not you necessa-
     rily, conclude God's preference for the human diet to have been?

2.   What was the Torah/Pentateuch's pattern for newly-wed residence     
     with one exception? That is, who lived with whose parents?

     A. 2.24; 28.2-3  5;
            
     B. 24.51, 55, 58,9.18, 27  30; and 61.  Exodus 2.21  3.1       

3.   Why did Rebekah's parents permit the exception?

4.   Read  9.4; Leviticus 7.26-7  17.10-14; Deuteronomy 12.16 Acts
     15.19-20. Throughout Judaic history, something was prohibited
     which early Christians were expected to refrain from. If any
     Christian-oriented groups continued to follow this ban, what 
     medical procedure might this group reject?

5.   Look at Fig. one. Isaac's spouse Rebekah is his 1st. cousin, 
     once or twice removed, depending on how you get to Bethuel. 
     Likewise, what is the relationship-besides wife to husband--
     of Rachel or Leah to Jacob, Milcah to Nahor  Sarah to Abraham?

6.   A. 12.7-10;  

     B. 20.2-18,                      
        21.22-24;                     

     C. 26.7-33.

     Especially compare: 12. 7- 8 with 26.24-25,
                         12.10-20 with 26.  6.11, and
                         21.24-33 with 26.17-22, 26-33.

     Compare the three sets of readings, and consider why 
     some think less than three accounts are here.

7.   A. 12.18; 14.17, 18  21; 20.2  26.8;  
 
     B. 13.7; 14.14-15; 17.23-7  33.15:    
     
     C. 13.6; 14.16; 24.10, 34-5; 26-23; 30.43  33.13-4; 
    
     D. 31.19, 30-35; 35.2; Joshua 24.2; Judith 5.6-9.   
     
     Why do these patriarchs all inbreed? Note A, B,& C show     
     reasons why they might be inbreeding. D enables you to exclude 
     one reason--which people who do not read carefully often give 
     inadvertently.

8.   Examine 16.2  30.3-13.  Noting the legally married wives' attitude, 
     what would Hagar, Bilhah  Zilpah be called today by physical and 
     mental-health professional concerned with women's infertility?

9.*  A. 11.27-28  31; Nehemiah 9.7  Judith 5.6-7;           
     
     B. 15.2; 24.4  10; 25.20; 28.2-3  5-8; 31.17-8  45-8;    
        (See D. 11.32  27.43. NAB  REB notes on 31.47,
        NRSV notes c  d, REB notes o  p.)

     C.  14.13;

How many places are linked with Abraham's origin?

Those using JB should consult a classmate's versions for notes. It may 
be necessary to consult a reference work--dictionary, encyclopedia or       
Biblical atlas--for help regarding place names.     

10.  A. 23.3-20, 25.9-10, 35.27-9, 49.29-33  50.12-13;
     B. 33.18-19, 50.24-6, Exodus 13.19; Joshua 24.32  John 4.5;
     C. Acts 7.15-16.

     Compared to A  B, what question does C. pose for Christian analysts?

Questions 11-15: Exodus 1-20. (Test 1 Questions Continued)

11.  A. 2.16-21; 3.1, 4.18; 18.1-12.                  

     B. Numbers 10.29  Judges 4.11.     

     How many and what names--not titles or descriptions--does Moses' 
     father-in-law have?

12.  Read 18.11. What in Jethro's statement may strike a Jew, Chris-
     tian or Muslim of today as unexpected? (Compare 15.11 and Psalm 
     86.8--NAB, NEB, NRSV--as well as Genesis 1.26 and Psalm 138.1--
     NEB, NRSV, or RSV.)

For questions 13 and 14, consult figure 2 and read 
the verses on the descent of Aaron, Miriam  Moses.

13.  After reading fig 2's verses  7.7, what is the
     birth order of Moses, Miriam and Aaron?

14.  To Moses what was     

     A. Amram besides father, 
        
     B. Jochabed, besides mother,
     
     C. Korath besides grandfather? 

15.  Compare 20.8-11 to Deuteronomy 5.12-5. What different 
     reasons are given for the commandment?

5.02 Questions to Prepare for Test 2 on Exodus (Chapters 21-40) 
                                     and 1st  2nd Samuels

Questions  1- 5: Exodus (Chapters 21-40)

 1.  Compare 33.11 to 33.20-3. How might this comparison bother 
     some analysts?

 2.  In chapter 25, what are the only complete images of animate 
     beings allowed by the ark?

 3.  A. 19.25-20.17  24.3-7;
           
     B. 24.12; 25.16  21; 31.18; 32.15-16  32.15-16  32.19.
     
     C. 34.1, 4  27-29;               

     If B is not counted, how often did God give Moses 10 
     commandments according to Exodus.

4.   Compare 34.1 to 34.27.           How might this comparison 
                                      bother some analysts?

5.   Is the lawgiving location clear?  Compare 19.20, 24.15  34.4 
                                       with 33.6;  Deut. 1.6  4.10.

Questions  6-10: 1 Samuel [1 Kings in Old Douay-Rheims]  
                          (Test 2 Questions Continued)

 6.  Read chapters 1-3 to find the first "permanent" center for 
     God's worship. (I want geography, not architecture.)

 7.  Compare 10.8  13.8-14 to 15.1-3 & 7-29.How many and 
     what accounts are there of Saul losing his kingdom?

 8.  Compare 16.14-23 with 17.12-58, es-       
     pecially 16.19-21 with 17.55  58.  

     How may these two accounts bother some analysts?

 9.  One verse from chapter 28 lists three legitimate, not prohibited, 
     ways to learn God's will. List both verse and ways. (Look up un-
     familiar words in reference works.)

10.  In chapter, 28, what--which Saul had condemned--did he do himself?

     Questions 11-15: 2 Samuel [2 Kings in Old Douay-Rheims]  
                               (Test 2 Questions Continued)

11.  Read 1.5-10 & 1 Samuel 31.4-6. How do the Saul death accounts differ?

12.  Read 2.8-11  chapters 3 & 4.         

     Who was Israel's king right after Saul? Be careful; be 
     sure that you know what "Israel" means?

13.  A. 3.2; 14.23-37; 18.9-18; 1 Kings 1.5  15.30.

     B. Deut. 21.15-17; Gen. 25. 29-34  1 Kgs. 1.43-2.35.                 
        David denied what when he made Solomon his heir?

14.  Read 21.1  6.9; 1 Sam. 3.33; Judges 11.29-40.       

What is the problem? Then, read Jer. 7.31.

15.  Read 21.19 and then 1 Sam. 17.4-7.  What is the problem here?

5.03 Questions to Prepare for Test 3 on Job and Amos.

Questions 1-10: Job

 1.  A. Jeremiah 25.19-26   

     B. Gen. 10.23. 

     C. Gen. 36.21 and  Lamentations 4.21.

     What three locations associate with Uz?

 2.  Read Gen. 36.1, 4, 9-12With what place are the name, Eliphaz,
     15-16 and Amos 1.11-2.and the city, Teman, associated?

 3.  A. 1 Kgs. 14.21  2 Chron. 12.13     
     
     B. Joshua 15.1  21.                  

     To what two sites is Naamah linked?

     (* Some students may need to consult atlases 
      etc. to later help answer no.'s 1, 2 & 3.)

 4.  What common location do the answers to question one, two, and 
     three share?

 5.  Why do some analysts say that chap. 28 not original (See topics 
     before  after.)

 6.  A. Compare 2.11 with 32.1-4 & 42.9-10.

     B. 6.1, 9.1, 12.1, 16.1, 19.1, 21.1, 23.1, 26.1 & 42.1 
        with 38.1; and

     C. 31.35-37 with 38.1;

     From these three factoids (fact-bits), what might 
     some analysts conclude about 32-37? (Elihu's part.)

 7.  Why do some analysts say that 39.13-8 is not original? 
     (Match sentence types before and after.)

 8.  Why do some say that Job's original ending is 42.6 rather 
     than 42.17?

 9.  Why do some say that Job's original ending is 42.9 rather 
     than 42.6 or 42.17?

10.  Why do others think that the original text was only 
     1.1-2.10 and 42.10b-7?

Questions 11-15: Amos (Test 3 Questions Continued)

11.  Read 1.1 and 2 Chron. 20.20 to: who is Amos' king and of what 
     nation was he a subject? (I mean nationality, not ethnos or 
     religion. Obviously, Amos is a Jew of Hebraic descent.)

12.  Read 4.1  6.1.  Who were the Samaritans of Amos' time? 
     (Geography, not character.)

13.  Read 3.14, 5.4-5  7.10--where and what was Beth(u)el?

14.  What was Amaziah's basic message to Amos in 7.12?

15.  If verses 7.10-7 ARE NOT AN INTERUPTION of visionary nar-
     rative, how much of Amos--starting with verse 14--is a 
     reply to Amaziah?

5.04 Questions to Prepare for Test 4 on Daniel and Tobit.

Questions  1-  5: Daniel.

Four practices are identified in the first four sets of readings.

 1.  Read 2 Kgs. 4.10, Tobit 3.10 and/or 17 (not in all ver-             
     sions), Judith 8.5  Acts 1.13.          
                                             
 2.  Read 1 Kgs. 8.44-5  48-49;  Tobit (not obvious in all versions.)
     
 3.  Read 1 Kgs. 8.54; 2 Chron. 6.13; Ezra 9.5; Acts 20.36.                  
                                              
 4.  Read Psalm 55.17-8.                  
  
     For questions 1-4, read verses 6.10-11 which list all four 
     of the 3.11 practices that are cited on the left as being 
     practices of Daniel.

 5.  Daniel is the one book of the Jewish Canon/Tanakh/Old Testa- 
     ment that lists the personal names for what two angels?

Questions  6-15: Tobit. (Test 4 Questions Continued)

 6.  Why did pious Tobit live outside Israel?

 7.  What other Israelites may have caused Tobit's emigration?

     The answers to Questions 6-8 are all found in chapter one.

 8.  Beyond observing Kosher and Holydays
     what pious practice kept Tobit in trouble?

 9.  Read 2.14-3.6  What book in the Hebrew Scriptures does this echo?

10.  What demon is named in Tobit?

11.  From the third chapter on, what angel is scriptural for Roman/
     Orthodox/Oriental and Old Catholics but is  scriptural for Pro-
     testants or for Jews?

12.* Read 4.3b-19.  Skim Shakespeare's Hamlet.  Who gives a speech 
     like Tobit's?

13.  First, read chapter 5 (6 in some editions) and then chapter 11 
     (all). What was the third Tobias' party member to and from Nine-
     veh besides Tobias and Raphael?

14.* Tobit, not scriptural for Protestants or Jews, upholds a practice 
     in 12.12  15, rejected by Reformation Protestants. What was it? 
     (Non-Christians  Christians weak in Church history may consult 
     knowledgeable acquaintances or references.)

15.  In verse 13.2, what present Orthodox Jewish and Christian belief, 
     not explicit in the Torah/Pentateuch, was already extant by this 
     period?

The Seven Archangels, Spirits of the Presence\Before the Throne 
of God from Ethiopian Enoch. This book is uncanonical outside 
Ethiopian Coptic Christianity  (All seven Archangels are listed 
in Enoch's chapter 20 which vv. are bracketed by carets below.)

Canonicity of other works in which archangels are cited.

The Jewish Hebrew/Aramaic scripture, Daniel, is canonical for 
	Jews and Christians.

The Jewish Greek scripture, Tobit, is canonical for Roman 
	Catholics and for Eastern Orthodox Christians

The Jewish Greek scripture 2/4 Esdras (only surviving texts 
	in Latin), is canonical for some, not all, Eastern 
	Orthodox Christians.

The Christian Greek scriptures, Luke, is canonical for all 
	Christians.

The Christian Greek scriptures, Jude & Revelations, are 
	canonical for all Christians except for those in the 
	Syrian Orthodox Church.

List of Names and Particulars of each of the seven Archangels

 1.	Gabriel: "Strong Man of God." Cited in Ethiopian Enoch 
		in the following vv: 9.1, 10.9, >20.7<, 50.9, 
		54.6, and 71.8,9 & 13. Cited in Daniel 8.16, & 
		9.21 as well as in Luke 1.19 & 1.26.
	
	Greek & Hebrew tranliterations: Gabri!e:l & 
		gabhri-"eel

	Greek & Hebrew transcriptions:  Γαβριήλ & גַבְרִאֵל

2.	Jeremiel / Remiel: "God loosens (the womb)" Cited in 
		Ethiopian Enoch in v. >20.8< and in 2nd/4th 
		Esdras 4.36.

	Greek & Hebrew transliterations: Iereme!e:l & 
		j:reeh-m:"eel
                                                                      
	Greek & Hebrew transcriptions:  Ιερεμεήλ & יְרֵחְמְאֵיל

3.	Michael: "Who is like God?" Cited in Ethiopian Enoch 
		vv. 9.1, 10.10, >20.5<, 24.6, 50.9, 54.6, 
		60.4 & 5, 69. 14 & 15,  and 79.3, 8, 9 & 13. 
		Cited in Daniel 10.13 & 21 and 12.1 as well 
		as in Jude 9 and Rev. 12.7.

	Greek & Hebrew transliterations: M(e)ikha!e:l & 
		mi-khaa"eel

	Greek & Hebrew transcriptions:  Μ(ε)ιχαήλ & מִּיכָאֵיל

4.	Raguel / Reuel: "Companion of God."  Cited in 
		Ethiopian Enoch in vv. >20.4< and 23.4.

	Greek & Hebrew transliterations: Ragou!e:l & 
		r:u-"eel

	Greek & Hebrew transcriptions:  Ραγουήλ & רְעוּאֵל

5.	Raphael: "Healing of God." Cited in Ethiopian Enoch 
		in vv. 9.1, 10.4, >20.3<, 22.3 & 6, 50.9, 
		54.6, and 71. 8, 9 & 13. Cited in Tobit 
		3.17, 7.8, 8.2, 9.1, 11,7 & 12.15.

	Greek & Hebrew transliterations: Rapha!e:l & 
		r:phaa"eel

	Greek & Hebrew transcriptions:  Ραφαήλ & רְףָאֵיל

6.	Sariel / Saraqael: "Command / Light of God." Cited 
		in Ethiopian Enoch in v. >20.5<. (Great 
		variation in Greek equivalents make it 
		impossible for me to choose one form as 
		representative.)

	The Hebrew transliteration: z:haari-"eel

	The Hebrew transcription:  זְהָרִיאֵיל


7.	Suriel / Uriel "Flame of / My light is God" Cited 
		in Ethiopian Enoch vv. 9.1, 10.1, 19.1, 
		>20.2<, 33.3, 72.1, 74.2, 75.3 & 4, 78.10 
		and 80.1. Cited also in 2nd/4th Esdras 
		in vv 4.1 & 5.20.

	Greek & Hebrew transliterations: Ouri!e:l & 
		"u-ri-"eel

	Greek & Hebrew transcriptions:  Ουριήλ & אוּרִיאֵל

Seven Angels of the Presence are cited in Tobit v. 12.15 
		and in Rev. 1.4 and 4.5.

Many of the angel names listed here have alternate 
	spellings in various source texts as well as 
	alternate names in texts with comparable 
	contexts and content. I have chosen repre-
	sentative forms recognizable by a variety 
	of authorities and traditions.

Prepared for Biblical & Classical Literature, ENG 130, 
	and for Literature of the Bible, ENG 330 by 
	Melvin J. Hoffman Last Update 12/20/2006

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5.05  Questions to Prepare for Test 5 on Sirach, 2nd. Maccabees & Luke.

Questions  1- 5: Sirach/Ecclesiasticus

 1.   Compare 1.4-10 to Prov. 8.22-31 and 1.11-20 to Prov. 8.11-21.  
      How does the Sirach section differ from and agree with the 
      Proverbs section?

 2.   What is the simplest way to state Wisdom's emigration in 24.3-12?

 3.   How would American social service agencies view the advice in 
      30.1-13 and Proverbs 13.24  23.13-4?

 4.   Beyond the Exodus referent in earlier verses, what book--read 
      before--is alluded to in 24.25-8?

 5.   Verses 36.1-17  51.1-12 resemble hymns in what Biblical book?

Questions 6-10: 2nd Macabees (Test 5 Questions Continued)

6.    Read chapter 1. Is the Holyday Sukkoth or Hanukkah? The Holyday 
      noted conflicts with date  description given.  Compare 1 Macc. 
      4.32-59  John 10.22  with 1 Kgs. 8.2, Nehemiah 8.13-18  1 Macc. 
      10.21.  (Gentiles  may consult  references or Jewish peers.)

7.    A. 6.1-2.  B. Dan. 9.27, 11.31  12.11; 1 Macc. 1.54  Mark 13.14 
      C. 2 Chron. 32.20; Ezra 1.2, 6.9-10, 7.12  21-3; Nehemiah 1.5  
      2.20; Dan. 2.18, 19, 37, 44; Jonah 1.9; Judith 5.8; either Susan-
      na 35 (NRSV, REB, RSV) or Dan. 13.35  (JB or NAB); 1 Macc 3.18 
      (In JB, use non-italic numbers); and mark 8.11.  Be sure to com-
      pare Mat. 3.2 and 4.17 with Mark 1.15).  

Verses under A set the stage; B. gives the Jewish  Christian reaction 
"name," but what substitution for the word "God" used by Jews of that 
time, in the C verses, made Hellenistic rulers think that Jews would 
accept Zeus Olympia as an equivalent to God?

b oo sh e th   sh : m aa m a-   b a ' a l   sh aa m a j i m=
                *   *    *                   *    *       *
Abomination of Desolation       Master of (the) Heavens 
    בַּעַל שְׁמָיִם                   בֹּשֶת שְׁמָמָה                                       

shiqqu-z= שִׁקּוּץ, a  synonym  for  boosheth, בֹּשֶת   

occurs  in  Daniel  9.27,  11.31  and  12.11


8.    Those with early editions of the NAB or JB may need to see later 
      editions or an NJB, NRSV, REB or RSV. Early editions for the former 
      two used the same names for one of sons and one of the grandsons of 
      Saul whose names differed slightly in two places in the Hebrew text. 
      If the names in 2 Sam. do not slightly differ from the names in 1 
      Chron., use another version. (I am not talking about Ishbaal/Eshbaal 
      as the difference intended.) Although 1 Chron. postdates 2 Sam., 
      it uses the original names.

      Compare 2 Sam. 2. 8-10 with 1 Chron. 8.33  9.39     and then read
      and     2 Sam. 9.11-19 with 1 Chron. 8.34  9.40     Hosea 2.16-9.

      What euphemism replaced "Baal" after pagan Canaanite religious asso-
      ciations tainted the original meanings of "husband, master, ruler,
      lord" etc?

Versions differ: Abominable and Destructive Presence (NAB), Abominable 
thing that causes Desolation (REB), Abomination of Desolation (JB & REB),
Abomination that Desolates (NRSV), Abomination(s) who/that make(s) 
Desolate (NRSV & RSV),  Desolating Sacrilege (NRSV & RSV), Disastrous
Abomination (NAB), Perpetuator of Desolation (REB).

     In JB, read note on 1 Macc. 1.54; in NAB, read note on same 
     verse.  Those with other versions will need to borrow a JB or 
     NAB unless their editions have notes on the vv.

From my transcription and translation--after reading one or both notes
--answer: what were the Biblical authors doing by using this title?

10.   Read 12.39-45. What are the two Roman Catholic doctrines based 
      on this book which is scriptural for Catholics but not Protes-
      tants or Jews. (Non-Christians and Christians weak in church 
      history may consult knowledgeable Roman Catholic peers or re-
      ferences.)

Questions 11-15: Luke

11.   Compare 7.11-7 with 1 Kgs. 17.17-24.   What is common between them?

12.   Compare 9.12-7 with 2 Kgs.  4.42-44.   What is common between them?
                       
      For questions 13  14, compare entries on the lists below twice:        

13.   Each of the 4 sets of 7 lines has a set of vv. for how many individuals?

14.   What do each of the four rows have in common?

15.   Read 19.30-6, Mark 11.1-17, and then Matt. 21.1-7 (very 
      carefully). Also read Gen. 49.11  Zech. 9.9. How is the 
      Matthew account different and why?

==========================================================================================

A
ISHMAEL  Genesis 16.1 & 3b-4A, 7A & 13.
ISAAC    Genesis 11.27B, 29B & 30; 15. 1A, 17.1A & 18.1a. & 2B.
SAMSON   Judges 13.2, 3A, 4 & 22B.
SAMUEL   1 Samuel 1.1A & 2A & c., 10, 13a. & 19.
JOHN     Luke 1.5b, 7 11A & 12.
JESUS    Luke 1.26A, 27 & 29A.
JESUS    Matthew 1.20

B
ISHMAEL  Genesis 16.8 & 11.
ISAAC    Genesis 15.1 & 4A & 17.5, 15-19; & 18.10  & 12-15.
SAMSON   Judges 13.3, 5 & 23B.
SAMUEL   1 Samuel 1.11 & 20C.
JOHN     Luke 1.13.
JESUS    Luke 1.28 & 30-31.
JESUS    Matthew 1.20 & 1.21

C
ISHMAEL  Genesis 16.9, 15; & 17.20A
ISAAC    Genesis 17.17B, 19C & 21; 18.12b & 14; & 21.2A & 3.
SAMSON   Judges 13.4A, 5-8, 17B, 20A & 24.
SAMUEL   1 Samuel 1.11c, 20A & 2.35.
JOHN     Luke 1.15-18, 36-7, 57, 60B & 63B.
JESUS    Luke 1.20, 32-34B & 64; & 2.7 & 21.
JESUS    Matthew 1.21 & 25.

D
ISHMAEL  Genesis 16.12; 17.9-13 & 23-27; & 21.20A
ISAAC    Genesis 21.8 & 22.2 & 13B 
SAMSON   Judges 13.19A, 24C & 25C.
SAMUEL   1 Samuel 1.24-25; 2.1A-10, 21B & 26; & 3.19.
JOHN     Luke 1.9b, 68-80A.
JESUS    Luke 1.46-55 & 80B; 2.24, 29-32, 34b-35, 40 & 52.
JESUS    Matthew  No Entry

5.06  Questions to Prepare for Test 6 on John, Acts and Galatians

Question 1-5: John.

1.    A. Ps. 33.6  9,  Ps. 119.89-90. (cf. Gen. 1.3, 6, 9, 11, 14,
         20, 24  26.)

      B. Prov. 8.1  22-31, Wis.7.23-7  Sir. 1.4-10.

      C. Col. 1.13-7, Heb. 1.2-4  1 John 1.1-3.

      Verses 1.1-5  A, B  C reflect linked ideas from pre-exilic 
      Judaism, through Jewish Wisdom traditions, through Christian 
      characterization of Jesus of Nazareth. What keywords identify 
      the respective sets? (Exclude "beginning, creation" or "hea-
      vens" for A, and "deliverance, God, Jesus, mediator, light, 
      power," or "redemption" for C.)

 2.   A. 4.9; 5.1; 11.33-36  45; 18.33-35  39; 19.3, 14  19-21.

      B. 1.19'; 2.18; 5.10  15-8; 6.41  52; 7.1, 11-5  35; 8.48, 
         52  57; 9.18  22; 10-19-20, 24, 31  33; 11.8; 18.38; 
         19.7, 12, 14, 31  38.

Christian Scripture vv. on Jews in the Gospels, Acts, various Epistles
--AS SOME PEOPLE HAVE INTERPRETED THEM--led to gentile animus against 
Jews in Europe--marked in the Middle Ages, residue later exploited by 
Nazi Germany.

      If you have NRSV, REB, RSV consult those with JB for note on 1.19 
      or with NAB for note c. on 1.19 (or with those using TEV for com-
      parison, as TEV adds words-not in the original Greek--to distin-
      guish the A  B sets.)

      What is the difference between "Jew" used in A and in B?

3.    Ignoring the above contrast to focus on the word "Jew" only, why 
      do some people doubt that John the Evangelist/Johannen bar Zebedee 
      was the Gospel's author?

 4.   A. 2 Kgs. 2.11  Mal. 3.1-3  3.23-4/4.5-6*    

      B. 1.21  25.

      C. Matt 11.13-15  17.10-3, Mk 6.14-5  9.11-13 
         Luke 1.13-17  7.24  27.

      What troubles some analysts after comparing vv. in B with vv. in C?

      *(Chapters  verses differ between editions
      depending on text numbering traditions.)

 5.   A. 20.17.  

      B. Luke 24.51  Acts 1.1-2, 4 & 9.
      
      C. Mark 16.7 & 15-19  Matt. 28.16-20.

      How many ascensions were there? (Note Locations carefully.)

Questions  6-10: Acts. (Test 6 Questions Continued)

 6.   How do 1.16-19 and Matt. 27.3-8 differ regarding Judas death?

 7.   How do the views in 2.42-45  4.32-35 differ 
      from 2 Cor. 8.10-15  2 Thess 3.6-12?

 8.   In 5.34-39, how does Gamiliel view the "Jesus" movement?

 9.   How do "Jewish Christian" witnesses (See 23.4-5 and 
      John 11.49-52), look at the office of High Priest even 
      during the "New Covenant" Period?

10.   A. John 1.33  4.2; 1 Cor 12.13  Gal. 3.27.

      B. 2.38, 8.16, 10.48, 19.5.

      C. Matt. 28.19. (See 2 Cor. 13.13/14 and 1 Cor. 12-4.6. C.) 

      How do the formulas differ between sets B  C? 
      Don't read anything--not  in the text--into the B set.)
         
Questions 11-15: Galatians (Test 6 Questions Continued)

11.   How do 1.15-18  and  Acts 22.10-8  26.19-20 differ?

12.   What do 2.1-10  Acts 15.1-29 have in common?

13.   A. 3.22-26, Rom. 3. 28  4.21-22.

      B. 6.7-10  James 2.14-26.

      Which respective sets do Reform Protestants  Roman Catholics 
      highlight? (Non-Christians  Christians weak in Church History 
      may need reference aids or help from informed peers. Take care! 
      both Protestants  Catholics have GUESSED BACKWARDS.)

14.   Read 4.3  8-9.How does Paul describe Pagan Gods? 
                       (See Eph. 2.1-2  6.12.)

15.   Read 4.22-7. How does Paul deal with the Genesis passage discussed?

5.07  Questions to Prepare for Test 7 on Iliad [Books  1- 9a]

Questions  1- 6: Iliad [Book One]

 1.   Read 2 Sam 22.1-16  Ps. 18.6-15.   
      Which Iliad deity is comparable?  (Exclude Zeus.)
 
 2.   How do the Danáäns and Akhaians differ?

 3.   What goddess, fond of both "hotheads," sent what god-
      dess to stop their fight?

 4.   The Atreidi Argive corps commanders differ how?

 5.1  Sam. 2.12-17 shows offerings improper in Mycenea ( later era)
      Asia Minor. What deity received correct sacrifices in this book?

 6.   Who were Akhilleus' Mom & Dad?

Questions  7-10: Iliad [Books 2- 5] (Test 7 Questions Continued.)

 7.   What work does Agamemnon do at home when he is neither 
      ruling nor leading troops?

 8.   What is another name for Aléxandros?   9.Who is Tydeus' son?

10.   What is unusual about Diomedes' fighting before his wounding?
      (Remember how Greek captains normally go into battle.)

Questions 11-15: Iliad [Books 6-9a] (Test 7 Questions Continued.)

11.*  Where, not who, is Ilion?                                

12.   What SPEECH  which we have read in HEBREW scriptures resemble 
      the first few lines of Hippókhos'son's reply? 
      (Exclude Psalms, Samuels  Daniel.)

13.   Who won the lottery? 
         
14.*  What did Hektor's chariot  Santa's sleigh (in Clement Moore's
      Night Before Xmas) share? Note: when Hektor's chariot "flew" 
      that meant fast-moving not airborne.)

15.   Who is Mykênê's king? (See Book 4's address to Diomedes)

5.08  Questions to Prepare for Test 8 on Iliad [Books 9b-18]

Questions  1- 5: [Books 9b - 12]

 1.   What kind of work does Prince Diomedes do when he is not 
      ruling or fighting?

 2.   Who lost his life  weasel cap? 

 3.   What is the flower of Troy? 

 4.   Menoitos' son's best friend is who?

 5.   Who first breached the Greek barrier?

Questions  6-10: [Books 13 - 16] (Test 8 Questions Continued.)

 6.   The Cretan's took whose side?

 7.   How could Greek kings' rich subjects draft dodge?

 8.   How did Hera defeat the strongest god--for a short time anyway?

 9.   Besides differing with Zeus on the Trojans, why else did 
      Poseidon resent Zeus?

10.   Who are the immediate, not ultimate, contributors to Patroklus' 
      death? (Immediate: present and directly responsible; ultimate: 
      absent and indirectly responsible.)

Questions 11-15: [Books 17  18] (Test 8 Questions Continued.)

11.   Hektor intendswhat for Patroklus' body?

12.   How does Zeus shield Patroklus' body?

13.   The Greeks do what in book 17's conflict?

14.   In Book 18, which  how many goddesses DIRECTLY address Achilles?

15.   How did the two city scenes on Achilles' shield relate, and 
      how do they relate to the central problem of the Iliad?

5.09  Questions to Prepare for Test 9 on Iliad [Books 19-18] on Agamemnon.

Questions  1- 5: [Books 19-21]  

 1.   Who stops a new spat between Agamenon and Achilles?

 2.   A Trojan hero, not Hektor, is saved twice from death by being
      removed from battle by two different immortals--not Zeus,
      Athena or Hera in either case. Who are the hero and the god?

 3.   What ban of Zeus is lifted in Book 20?

 4.   Who wins the one battle of sexes in Book 21?

 5.   What weapons do Artemis  Apollo have in common?

Questions  6-10: [Books 22-24] (Test 9 Questions Continued)

 6.   Who are the two immediate, not ultimate, contributors 
      to Hektor's death?
 
 7.   What are the 12 sacrifices that Achilles wants at the funeral?

 8.   Beyond shaving hair, wrapping in fat, animal sacrifice and
      public cremation,what VIP funeral rites may seem odd today?

 9.   Besides Apollo, Achilles angers what god, not goddess, the most 
      by stopping Hektor's funeral?

10.   What was Prince Hektor's work besides ruling and fighting?

Questions 11-15: [Agamemnon] (Test 9 Questions Continued)

11.   Before telegraph/phone, how did news of Greek victory find Argos 
      from Ilios in one day? (See Judith 7.5)

12.   How did the message come officially days later?

13.   What is Menelaus' & Helen's post-war fate?

14.   What custom which Klytemnestra used to welcome Agamemnon 
      is still used to greet VIP's?

15.   What are Klytemnestra's and  Aegisthus' grudges? 

5.10  Questions to Prepare for Test 10 on Libation 
      Bearers, Eumenides; and Oedipus Cycle

Question 1: [Libation Bearers]  Questions 2-5: [Eumenides]

 1.   What is the major question in all the trilogy found 
      in this  middle play?

      Imagine a modern court:

 2.   Who is Orestes' Attorney?    3.  Who are his prosecutors?

 4.   Who is his judge?            5.  Who form his jury?

Questions 6  7: [Oedipus Rex]  8-10: [Oedipus at Colonus]  
(Test 10 Questions Continued)

 6.   What significance has Iocaste's resistance to Oedipus' 
      questioning the shepherd?

 7.   What significance has the shepherd's resistance to the 
      messenger's claims?

 8.   How were the goddesses named in the previous trilogy
      whose temple precincts Oedipus now trods?

 9.   In scene two, using Oedipus' long speech to Ismene, how does 
      Oedipus relate to Thebe's ruler? (Note: Creon is not king during 
      the conversation though listed as such in some editons' cast of 
      characters.)

10.   From Oedipus' response to Polyneices and Polyneices'reply, what 
      can the audience predict?

Questions 11-15: [Antigone] (Test 10 Questions Cont.)

11.   From the sisters' discourse in the prologue, how did Creon 
      become Thebe's king? 

12.   Antigone's zeal for proper burial to obey "laws of the gods"
      compares with what APOCRYPHAL hero read earlier?

13.   In scene one, Creon uses elements which imply what government 
      metaphor still current? ("Money talks/is the root of all evil" 
      is not the answer.)

14.   From Creon's two talks with the sentry, what--not who-- 
      does he think that the perpetrator is?

15.   What two family members does Creon's stubborn inflexibility 
      cause to die and why?

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 The Lines immediately following form figures designed for the sighted; after a line 
 of asterisks, a version designed for the blind and the visually impaired follows.
 
 FIGURE III. ( Hippodamia ) = [ Pelops of Argos ] [ Tydarus of Sparta ] = ( Leda ) = [ Zeus ]
                           /                                           /           |
 ORESTRIA                 /                                           /            |
 GENEALOGIES   ----------------                  ---------------------         ----------
              /                \                 |              |              |        |
  [ Thyrestes ] = ( Aërope ) = [ Atreus ]        |         *[ Castor ]  *[ Polydeuces ] |
       \\       |             \                  |                                      |
       |\\      |              \                 |  *Fraternal Twins;                   |
       | \\    -------------    \                |   Half Brother's;                    |
       |  \\   |           |     \               |   Polydeuces in                      |
       |  ( Pelopia ) [ Banquet   \              |   Latin is Pollux                    |
       |                Entrees ]  \             |                                      |
       |                           |             )                                      |
       |                       --------------------------------------------             |
       |                       |                 (                        |             |
       |                       |                 |                        |             |
 [ Aegisthus ]           [ Agamemnon ] = ( Clytemnestra )            [ Menelaus ] = ( Helen )
                                       |
 {Cf. Jdg. 11.29-40      -----------------------------------------------
 to Iphigenia's          |             |               |               |
 sacrifice.}       ( Iphigenia )  ( Electra )  ( Chrysosthemis )  [ Orestes ]



 FIGURE IV.                        [Menoikeus] = (?)
                                               |
 OEDIPUS CYCLE               --------------------------------------
 GENEALOGY                   |                                    |
            [ Laius ] = ( Jocasta )                           [ Creon ] = ( Eurydice )
                      |    //                                           |
                      |   //|                                           |
                [ Oedipus ] |                                           |
                            |                                           |
      --------------------------------------             --------------------
      |             |          |           |             |                  |
[ Polyneices ] [ Etocles ] ( Ismene ) ( Antigone )   [ Haimon ]        [ Megareus ]

                                   {Cf. 2 Sam.   {Revised September 2009)
                                    21.10-14}
   
                 
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The first genealogy concerns Aeschylus' Orestia triolgy. Pelops King of Argos married Hippodamia and they had two sons, Atreus who was to succeed his father, and a brother named Thyrestes. Atreus married Aérops and they had two sons, Agamemnon who succeeded his father as king of Argos and Menelaus who was to become king of Sparta. Aérope cheated on Atreus and conceived some sons and a daughter, Pelopia. Atreus in revenge had Thyrestes children cooked and served to him. After Thyrestes found out, he cursed the line of Atreus, and he heard a prophesy that, if he had a child by his own daughter Pelopia, a son from that union would avenge Thyrestes against the house of Atreus. This union produced a son, Aegisthus, who would fulfill the prophecy by killing Agamemnon who was his  first cousin, or first cousin once removed. Meanwhile Tyndarus, 
king of Sparta, married Leda, and they had a daughter Clytemnestra and a son named Castor. Both, naturally, were mortal. Leda was seduced by Zeus, and they had two immortal children, a daugher, Helen,and a son, Polydeuces. Castor and Polydeuces, although sired by different fathers, were born  together as fraternal, halfbrother twins. Castor died, so he did not succeed Tyndareus; rather, the throne of Sparta went to Menelaus, husband of Tyndareus' stepdaughter, Helen. Agamemnon married Helen's half sister, the mortal Clytemnestra. This union produced three daughters--Iphigeneia, Electra and Chrysosthemis, and a son, Orestes. The second genealogy concerns Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy. Laius was king of Thebes by direct descent. That is Laius was a great-grandson of Cadmus, the founder of Thebes. Menoikeus, also a great-grandson of Cadmus throught a maternal line, 
married and had two children, a boy named Creon and a girl name Jocasta. Creon married Eurdice, and they had two sons, Haimon and Megareus. Megareus was to die in battle and Haimon became the financé of his cousin Antigone. Laius married his second cousin once removed, Jocasta, and they had a son named Oedipus. Fulfilling a tragic prophecy, following Oedipus' inadvertent killing of his father Laius, he unwittingly married his own mother Jocasta, and they had two sons and two daughters. The sons were Polyneices and Eteocles, who were to die in a civil war between them. The daughters were Ismene and Antigone. Antigone, betrothed to Haimon, was executed by her uncle and king, Creon for violating an order not to provide funeral rites for her dead brothers. This ends the figures. After a row of asterisks follows text for all readers. 
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Figure V. GREEK CULTURE FROM MINOAN AGE TO FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
            (Most Sources from which  this Figure is Drawn Are 
             from _World Book Encyclopedia_ 1988.)
       
3000     The Minoan Culture on Crete Dominates Aegean Sea.
      

2025     Hellenic Settlers Form Farming Villages in Greece.                                                            

1950                  

1875           

1800              

1725   

1650      Settlers Build Fortified Towns around Palaces  
          in the Major Valleys of Akahaia.
1575

1500

1425      Mycenean Greeks (Akahaians) Take over Area, Adopting much Mi-
          noan Culture (As Minoan B Writing) and Likely Defeat Troy.
1350        

1275

1200      Peloponnesus' Poli like Mycenae Fall for Unknown Reasons; 
          Dorians Go South from North Greece; Many Myceneans go to 
1125      Asia Minor; Writing Lost;

1050      The Greek Dark Age: Past Glories Preserved in Songs & 
          Oral Poetry.
 975

 900

 825      Greeks Adapt Phoenician Writing;(Homer?)Writes Iliad 
          and Odyssey.               
 750                                  

 675      Athens and others Form Democracies ca 500.

 600   
          Greek city States Form; Oligarchies Tyrants Oust Kings. 
 525      Athens and others Form Democracies ca 500.

 450      Persian War Unites Greek Cities, Victory: 479. Sparta  
          defeats Athens: 430; Thebes defeats Sparta: 371; 
 375   
          Philip of Macedon Conquers Greece: 338 after Peloponnesian 
 300      War Saps Greece. Alexander Dies: 479. Hellenistic Age   
          Lasts from 353-146 as Alexander's Sucessors Rule
 225                                    

 150      Graeco-Roman Age: Rome Takes Greece in 146 and Much Greek 
          Culture is Borrowed. Rome Also Takes Most Territory of 
  75      Alexander's Sucessors i.e. Egypt, Much of Former Persian 
          Empire, Most of Greek-speaking (at least among Urban Elites) 
   0      Eastern Mediterranean.

  75   

 150  

 225   

 300     Constantine Legalizes Christianity: 313. State Religion: 392.

 375     In 395, West (Latin) East(Greek/Byzantine) Roman Empires Split.

 450   

 525     Rome Falls in 476. In the East, Justinian Crowned: 527. 
                            Mohammed Born: 570.
 600                          

 675     Gregory the Great Crowned: 690. In the East, Muslims Take 
                                         Syria & Jerusalem: 634.
 750                                 

 825     Charlemagne Crowned: 800. In the East Iconoclastic Contro-
                                   versy, begun in 726, Ends in 843.
 900                               

 975                                    

1050     A Great Schism Divides East and West Christianity: 1054. 
       
1125     Crusades Begin Just Before 1100's; they End in the Late  
         1200's, Bringing Information about the Near East into the  
1200     West; Thomas Aquinas: Summa 

1275   

1350                                          

1425     The Byzantine Empire Falls to the Turks: 1453.

1500     Columbus Sails: 1492  
         Reformation: 1517.    
1575                                              

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September 1996; Revised May 1997.  

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FIGURE VI.: GREEK CLASSICS, MAJOR FIGURES

E--Epic Poet, L--Lyric Poet, F--Fable Writer, T--Tragic Playwright,
H--Historian, P--Philosopher, Comedic Playwright, O--Orator

1000     (8th. or 9th. Century) HOMER--E
 985               
 970      
 955                                                
 940
 925
 910     (7th. or 8th. Century)Hesiod--E             
 895          
 880     
 865                                                  
 850
 835
 820                                                  
 805
 790
 775                                                 
 760
 745
 730                                                 
 715
 700
 685                                                
 670
 655
 640
 625     (600's)     Saphho--L           (600's)    Archilochus--L 
 610     (600's)     Alcaeus--L          (600's)    Thales--H      
 595     (620?-560?) Aesop--F
 580
 565     (556?-468 ) Simonides--L        (540's)    Theognis--L   
 550     (550's)     Anacreon--L         (524?-456) AESCHYLUS--T
 535                                     (530's)    Thespis--T                                    
 520
 505     (518?-438?) Pindar--L           (500's)    Hecataeus--H    
 490                                     (496 -406) SOPHOCLES--T    
 475     (485 -406 ) Euripides--T         
 460                            
 445     (450?-385?) Aristophenes--C     (469?-399) Socrates--P  
 430     (458 -380 ) Lysias--O           (450?-428) Herodotus--H                
 415     (428 -347 ) Plato--P            (430 -354) Xenophon--H            
 400                                     (430?-399) Thucydides--H
 385     (384 -322 ) Aristotle--P                                   
 370     (384 -322 ) Demosthenes--O                                       
 355                                             
 340                    
 325     (343?-291?) Menander--C 
 310                     
 295      
         September 1996; Revised May 1997.  

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FIGURE VII: LATIN CLASSICS, MAJOR FIGURES

An--Anthologist of Proverbs, Bi--Biographer, CF--Church Father,
CP--Comic Poet, En--Encyclopedist, Ep--Epistoler, EP--Epic Poet,
Es--Essayist, Hi-Historian, No-Novelist, Ph--Philosopher,
Po--Poet, SP--Satiric Poet, TP--Tragic Poet, TR--Translator. 

Figures are loosely grouped into five periods:
With dates, A stands for ACE or AD; B stands for BCE or BC.

Period I.   (212 years) is from 256 B to 45 B.

(254?-184 ) Plautus--CP;                (239-169) Ennius--Hi;                                  
(195?-159 ) Terrence--CP, Hi, Es;       (106- 43) Cicero--Or, Es;                                                                   
(100 - 44 ) Julius Caeser--Hi;          ( 96- 55) Lucretius--Ph;                                                           
(87? -54? ) Catullus--Po
                                                
Period II.  (106 years) is from 44 A to 61 A.

(70  -19 B) VIRGIL--EP, Po, Es;         (65 - 8 B) Horace--Po, Es & Ep;
(59? -17 A) Livy--Hi;                   (54?-18 B) Tibulius--Po; 
(50? -15 B) Propertius--Po;             (43 -18 A) OVID--Po & Es;
(4 B?-65  ) Seneca--Es & TP;            (23 -79  ) Pliny [Elder]--En;
(39  -  65) Lucan--Hi & Po;             (37?-100 ) Josephus--Hi & Po. 

Period III. (53 years) is from 62 A to 114 A.

(40? -104 ) Martial--Po;                (100's  A) Longinus--Es;
(45  - 96 ) Statius--Po & Ep;           (45?-120?) Plutarch--Bi & An;
(55? -117?) Tacitus--Bi;                (55?-135 ) Epictetus--Ph;
(62? -112 ) Pliny [Younger]--Or & Ep; 
(69? -140?) Suetonius--Bi                                               

Period IV.  (106 years) is from 115A to 220A;

(60? -140?) Juvenal--SP;                (125?-171?) Apuleius--No;
(121 -180 ) Marcus Aurelius--Ph.
                                
Period V.   (212 years) is from 221 A to 432 A.

(347?-419 ) St. Jerome--Tr & CF; 
(354 -430 ) St. Augustine--CF 
 
Time depth is Geometric: second and fourth periods are twice
as long as the third; first and fifth periods are four times
as long as the third.                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                
September 1996; Revised: May 1997, January 1998,.and August 1998.     
                                                                                
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5.11 Questions to Prepare for Test 11 on Aeneid [Books 1- 6]

Questions  1- 5: [Books 1- 2]

1.   In Book one, who is Maia's son?

2.   In Book 1, whom--besides Aeneas or his armor bearer-does Venus 
     send to Dido?

3.   In Book two, give the significance of what happened to Iulus, while 
     Creusa, Aeneas and Anchises prepared to leave? (See Acts 2.2-3  
     Matt. 2.2-3  7.11.)

4.   How does Minerva seal Troy's fate at Neptune's Altar?

5.   The Aeneid overtly names the Greek empire dominant among the 
     Achaians massed at Troy? This empire named a whole era of 
     Eastern Mediterranean History. (Hint: As city or region, it 
     is often inter-changeable with Argos; its second major city 
     was Sparta; you have had the name in a question before.)

Questions  6-10: [Books  3- 4] (Test 11 Questions Continued)

6.   (Cf. Genesis 31.19 and 30-35)Rachel took Laban's; Aeneas'
     talked to Aeneas in his dreams. How does the Aeneid name them?

7.   What two narrative purposes does Archaemenides' story in book 
     three serve? (Hint: one is for the characters and action in the 
     story; the other is for the benefit of the readers.)

8.*  In Book four, the name Anna--which occurs in all European 
     Languages--is not European in ORIGIN. How does a character 
     who is Carthaginian in this Latin epic come by this name? 

9.   What god sends what other god to give Aeneas sailing orders?

10.  Who delivers Dido's "coup de grace" or "mercy blow?" (I am after 
     the IMMEDIATE, not ultimate agent here, so Aeneas and Jupiter are 
     not the answers.)

Questions 11-15: [Books  5- 6] (Test 11 Questions Continued)

11.  In Book five, what celebration, similar to that in the 
     Iliad, is described here?

12.  In Book five, dead Anchises appeared to his son. Where is  
     Anchises now?

13.  In Book six, what is Aeneas' ticket on Charon's ferry? 

14.  What led Aeneas to this ticket? (Hint: his mother sent these guides. 

15.  Anchises describes a process for thesoul termed what?

5.12 Questions to Prepare for Test 12 on Aeneid [Books 7-12]

Questions 1-5: [Books  7-8]

 1.  In Book 7, what sign marks Lavinia's divine favor?

 2.  In Book 7, why does Aeneas bind his temples? (Note: it is not 
     primarily for festivity.)

 3.  In Book 8, besides Jupiter/Jove or Saturn, what ancestor do Ae-
     neas & Evander share? (Electra, Mercury & Minerva are not shared.)        

 4.  In Book 8, Evander's memorial games are for whom?

 5.  Whose shield that we read earlier in the Iliad resemble Vulcan's 
     shield for Aeneas?

Questions 6-10: [Books  9-10] (Test 12 Questions Continued)

 6.  In Book 9, what kept the Trojans from leaving Latium?  

 7.  In Book 9, who saved Turnus? (Excluding Tiber)

 8.  In Book 10, Aeneas' dear friend Pallas' death resembles whose 
     in the Iliad?

 9.  What are Aeneas' four unusual sacrifices at Pallas' funeral?

10.  Who are responsible for Turnus' reprieve  why? 

11.  What is the modern version of the olive boughs worn In book
     11, by Latin spokesmen/envoys nearing the Trojan enemy?

Questions 11-15: [Books 11-15] (Test 12 Questions Continued)

12.  Who is Joan of Arc's fictional precurser?

13.  In book 12's opening, what parallel between this section and a
     section of the Iliad? Warning:in the Iliad, this event occurred
     earlier than in the Aeneid.) 

14.  What two goddesses intervened in Aeneas'and Turnus' behalf and 
     what relatives are they to the combatants?

15.  What stopped Aeneas from showing mercy to Turnus?

5.13 Questions to Prepare for Test 13 on Metamorphoses.

Questions  1- 5: [Books  1-  4]

 1.  What Biblical book does Book one's begining resemble?

 2.  Who is Noah's counterpart? (cf. Matt 3.9  Luke 3.8)

 3.* In the Arcas' story, two constellations are mentioned. Using 
     references, if necessary,answer: what are their common English, 
     not Latin, names?

 4.  What ends this account of Actaeon's fate? "Dear Actaeon's 
     gone to the ... ."

 5.* What Shakespearean tragedy does the story of Pyramis and Thisbe 
     resemble? Exclude its inclusion as a play within a play in 
     Midsummer Nights Dream.)

Questions 6-10: [Books  5- 8](Test 13 Questions Continued)

 6.  What relation besides wife was Proserpina to Pluto?

 7.  In the Tireus section in Book 6, who is the only
     victim in the family who is not also a perpetrator?

 8.  What two heros in Book 7 are linked by Medea?
     (Exclude Aegeus.)

 9.  What infidelity of Minos'wife in Book 8 causes what 
     problem for Minos?

10.  Who or what is eating Erysichton?

Questions 11-15: [Books  9-12] (Test 13 Questions Continued)

11.  What goddess effects what major alteration of nature? (Juno, 
     Galanthus, Hebe, Iris the Rainbow, Iolas, Ceres or the Seasons 
     are not the answer.)

12.  In Book 10, Orpheus is portrayed as a loving husband perpetually 
     mourning his lost wife, yet the end of his narrative describes 
     what practice of Orpheus, controversial in Augustus' time as well 
     as in our own?

13.  Also in Book 10, what other aggravation to Augustus' moral views 
     concerned what conduct on the part of a princess?

14.  In Book 11,what were Midas' two big mistakes?

15.  In Book 12's main narrative, what mythic creatures were the topic 
     of a long digression?

Questions 16-20: [Books 13-15] (Test 13 Questions Continued)

16.  What odd addition to his funeral arrangementdid Achilles want? 
     (Note: he did NOT request anything about his armor's distribution.)

17.  What event in 2 Kings (in the Hebrew Scriptures) did Romulus es-
     corting Mars in Book 14 resemble?

18.* What great philosopher influenced Ovid and what do we call the 
     diet which this sage advocated?

19.* In Book 15, what resembles Ecclesiastes 1.4-11  3.1-8, the answer 
     to the riddle of the Sphinx, and Shakespeare's "Seven Ages of Man" 
     in As You Like It.

20.  What Genesis Patriarch had the same problem as Hippolytus with 
     his  stepmother?

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Figure VIII.

FROM BIBLE VERSES, TO MONASTIC PRAYERS, TO MATINS-RINGING PENDULUM CLOCKS, TO SPRING-
DRIVEN CLOCKS, TO CHRONOMETERS, TO PRE-RADIO INTERNATIONAL SEA AND AIR NAVAGATION.

Benedictine Office                        MATINS
General Time                              Night/Midnight
Approximate Mean Times                    12 - 3 AM
Notes on Approximate Mean Times           b, d
Roman Hours                               Cockcrow, 3rd. Watch
Biblical vv. Relevant to Prayer Time      Ps. 119.62, Acts 16.25 (MATINS not long said
                                          at midnight but soon forwarded to join with
                                          LAUDS as one of 7 daily offices [See Ps. 119]) 

Benedictine Office                        LAUDS
General Time                              Early Morning/Predawn
Approximate Mean Times                    3 - 6 AM
Notes on Approximate Mean Times           None
Roman Hours                               Morning/4th Watch
Biblical vv. Relevant to Prayer Time      Ex. 14.24; 1 Sam 1.11; Mt 14.25; 
                                          Mk. 1.35 & 6.47-8

Benedictine Office                        PRIME
General Time                              Sunrise
Approximate Mean Times                    6 - 9 AM
Notes on Approximate Mean Times           a, c, e
Roman Hours                               First Hour
Biblical vv. Relevant to Prayer Time      Isa 59.18 (Not always clear when 
                                          translated: "East.")

Benedictine Office                        TERCE
General Time                              Midmorning
Approximate Mean Times                    9 AM - 12 PM
Notes on Approximate Mean Times           e
Roman Hours                               Third Hour
Biblical vv. Relevant to Prayer Time      Mk.15.25*, Acts 2.15

Benedictine Office                        SEXT      
General Time                              Noon
Approximate Mean Times                    12 - 3 PM
Notes on Approximate Mean Times           a, e
Roman Hours                               Sixth Hour
Biblical vv. Relevant to Prayer Time      Mt. 27.45*; Mk. 15.33*; Lk. 23.44; 
                                          Jn, 19.14*; Acts 10.9

Benedictine Office                        NONE
General Time                              Afternoon
Approximate Mean Times                    3 - 6 PM
Notes on Approximate Mean Times           e
Roman Hours                               Ninth Hour
Biblical vv. Relevant to Prayer Time      Acts 3.1, 10.2-3 & 10.30.

Benedictine Office                        VESPERS
General Time                              Sunset/Evening
Approximate Mean Times                    6 - 9 PM
Notes on Approximate Mean Times           a, b, c, e
Roman Hours                               Evening/1st Watch
Biblical vv. Relevant to Prayer Time      Deu. 16.5; 1 kgs. 18.36; Ps. 141.2

Benedictine Office:                       COMPLINE
General Time                              Early Night
Approximate Mean Times                    9 PM - 12 AM
Notes on Approximate Mean Times           b, d
Roman Hours                               Midnight/Middle/2nd. Watch
Biblical vv. Relevant to Prayer Time      Jdg. 7.19

An asterisk on a verse marks a passion reference.

Notes a: Deu. 29.38-42, ps. 55.17-18;
      b: Ps. 63.6-7;
      c: Ps. 114.3, Mk. 13.35;
      d: Lk. 12.36;
      e: Jn. 11.9     
    
Appendix for ENG 130, Biblical & Classical Literature; 
and ENG 330, Literature of the Bible

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Sources:

Daniel J. Boorstin, _The Discoverers_, (New York: Random House, 1983): 36-41.

James Burke, _Connections_, (Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1978): 128-35.

David S. Landes, _Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern 
     World_, (2nd. Ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 
     2000): 53-62 and 438-440, nn. 18, 24 and 25.

Melvin J. Hoffman ENG Dept. Prepared: 2/17/87/. Revised: 6/ 1/88, 2/ 8/94,         
                  1/16/91, 1/12/94, 1/12/95, 5/21/97, 11/28/2005, 3/16/2007
   
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Figure IX.

For Students who may Know Greek and/or Hebrew, this Is the Syllabus' 
Use of Hebrew & Greek Transliteration (not Transcription) System for 
ENG 130, Biblical & Classical Literature and ENG 330, Literature of 
the Bible. (Only ASCII Characters; No Enhancements or Embedded Codes.)

Alpha           is represented as A  or a		
Beta            is represented as B  or b		
Gamma           is represented as G  or g		
Delta           is represented as D  or d		
Epsilon         is represented as E  or e		
Zeta            is represented as Z  or z		
Eta             is represented as E: or e:		
Theta           is represented as Th or th		
Iota            is represented as I  or i		
Kappa           is represented as K  or k           
Lambda          is represented as L  or l		
Mu              is represented as M  or m		
Nu              is represented as N  or n   		
Xi              is represented as Ks or ks 		
Omicron         is represented as O  or o 	 	
Pi              is represented as P  or p 		
Rho             is represented as R  or r  		
Sigma           is represented as S , s or c		
Tau             is represented as T  or t    		
Upsilon         is represented as U  or  u		
Phi             is represented as Ph or ph		
Chi             is represented as Kh or kh		
Psi             is represented as Ps or ps 		
Omega           is represented as O: or o: 		
                            		
Iota Subscripts 
Alpha  Iota Subscript  is represented as a=  
Omega  Iota Subscript  is represented as o= and 
Eta    Iota Subscript  is represented as e=.       		

Accents (Prevowel) 		
Acute           is represented as !		
Circumflex:     is represented as "
Grave           is represented as '                  
                            		
Breathings:  
Smooth          is represented as Unmarked; 
Rough           is represented as marked h or H, 
but with "r"    is transliterated after it.         		
                            		
Raised Stop:    is represented as -
Full Stop:      is represented as .		
Interrogative:  is represented as ;		

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In all cases, "aalep=  is represented as "

Normally,     be-th    is represented as bh 
but with daageesh lene                as b

Normally,     gi-mel   is represented as gh
but with daageesh lene                as g

Normally,     daleth   is represented as dh
but with daageesh lene                as d

Normally,     hee      is represented as h
but with mappi-q                      as h=

Non-vocalic   vaav     is represented as v 

In all cases, zajin    is represented as z

In all cases, h-e-th   is represented as h-

In all cases, t-e-th   is represented as t-

Non-vocalic   jo-dh    is represented as j 

Normally,     kap=     is represented as kh
but with daageesh lene                as k
or when final                         as k=

In all cases, laamedh  is represented as l

Normally,     me-m=    is represented as m
but when final                        as m=

Normally,     nu-n=    is represented as n
but when final                        as n=

In all cases, saamek=  is represented as s

In all cases, 'aji-n=  is represented as '

Normally,     pee      is represented as ph
but with daageesh lene                as p
or when final                         as p=

Normally,     z-aadhe- is represented as z-
or when final                         as z=

In all cases, qop=     is represented as q

In all cases, re-sh    is represented as r

In all cases, s-i-n=   is represented as s-

In all cases, shi-n=   is represented as sh

Normally,     taav     is represented as th 
but with daageesh lene                as t
		
                                              sh:wa- (vocal)       is represented as   :

s:gho-l            is represented as e  and   h-aat-eep= s:gho-l   is represented as  e:

pathah-            is represented as a  and   h-aat-eep= pathah-   is represented as  a:

qaamez= h-aat-u-p= is represented as o  and   h-aat-eep= qaamez=   is represented as  o:


h-i-req (short)    is represented as  i and   h-i-req (long)       is represented as  i-

z-eere-            is represented as ee and   z-eere- (with jo-dh) is represented as  e-

qaamez= raah-aabh  is represented as aa and   qaamez= (with hee)   is represented as  a-

h-oolem=           is represented as oo and   h-oolem= (with vaav) is represented as  o-

qibbu-z=           is represented as  u and   shu-req              is represented as  u-


Capitalized Vowel(s) Mark Stress  on Words of 3 or more Syllables 
or on 2-Syllable mil'e-l words, if any Marking Is Needed

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6.00  Bibliography.

(The Core of this Bibliography was Prepared by and is Reproduced with the
Gracious Permission of Dr. David Lampe.  Some Deletions and Additions Made 
Serve this Course's Specific Needs. The Format, Altered from Dr. Lampe's,
Conforms to Use Elsewhere in this Syllabus.)

BIBLE DICTIONARIES

Achtemeir, P.J. ed.  _Harper's Bible Dictionary_ NY: Harper  Row, 1985--
     Ref. BS/440/H237.

Alexander, Pat. ed. _Eerdman's Concise Bible Encyclopedia_ Grand Rapids, 
     MI: Eerdman's Publishing Co., 1980--BS/417/E342.

Buttrick, G.A. ed. _The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible_ NY: 
     Abingdon Press, 1962--BS/440/I63.

Davis, John D. _Davis' Dictionary of the Bible_ Grand Rapids, MI: Baker 
     Book House, 1961--BS/440/D3.

Gehman, H.S. ed. _New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible_ PA: Westmin-
     ster, 1970-BS/440/G4.

Hastings, J. ed. _Dictionary of the Bible_ Rev. F.C. Grant  H.H. 
     Rowley. NY: Scribner's, 1963--BS/440/H5.

Smith, William Jr. _The New Smith's Bible Dictionary_ Rev. by R.G. 
     Lemmons with V. Gideon, R.F. Gribble,  J.W. Roberts. Garden 
     City, NY: Doubleday, 1966--BS/440/S67

Unger, M.F. _Unger's Bible Dictionary_ 3rd. Ed. Chicago: Moody Press, 
     1966--BS/440/V5.

Wigoder, Geoffrey. Gen. ed. _Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of 
     the Bible_ eds. Old Testament, Shalom M. Paul; New Testament, 
     Benedict T. Viviano; Biblical Archaeology, Ephraim Stern. NY: 
     MacMillan, 1986--BS/440/I36.

COMMENTARIES

_Anchor Bible_ 59 Volumes Planned. NY: Doubleday, 1964--BS/192.2/A1

Brown, R.R. ed. _Jerome Biblical Commentary_ Englewood Cliffs, NJ: 
     Prentice-Hall, 1968--BS/491.2/B7.

Buttrick, G.A. ed. _The Interpreter's Bible: A Commentary in 12 Volumes_
     Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1951-57--Ref. BS/491.2/I55.

Clarke, W.K.L. ed. _Concise Bible Commentary_ NY: MacMillan, 1953
     --BS/491/C625.

Dancy, J.C; Fuerst, W.J.; and Hammer, R.J. eds. _The Shorter Books of 
     the Apocrypha N.E.B._ Cambridge U. Press, 1972--BS/I695/D3.

Davies, G.H.; Richardson, A; Wallis, C.L. eds. >The Twentieth 
     Century Bible Commentary< Rev. ed. NY: Harper,1955-BS/491/T4

Eiselen, F.C. ed. _Abingdon Bible Commentary_ NY: Abingdon, 1929--
     BS/491/E5.

Guthrie, D.; Motyer, J.A.;  Davidson, F. eds. _The New Bible Commen-
     tary. R.S.V._ Rev. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1970--BS/491.2/G8.

Hertz, J.H. ed. _The Pentateuch & Haftorahs: Hebrew Text, English 
     Translation & Commentary_ 2nd. ed. Soncino Press, 1981--
     BS/I225/H47.

Lace, O.J. ed. _Understanding the New Testament_ Cambridge U. Press, 
     1965--BS/2530/L32.

Mays, J.L. ed. _Harper's Bible Commentary_ NY: Harper  Row, 1988
     --Ref. BS/491.2/H37.

SOURCES

de Vaux, Roland. _Ancient Israel: its Life Institutions_ NY: 
     McGraw-Hill, 1961--BS/112/V313.

Pritchard, John B. _The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and 
     Pictures. 2 Volumes_ Princeton, NJ: Princeton Press, 1958--
     BS/1180/P82.

Thomas, D.W. ed. _Documents from Old Testament Times_ NY: Harper, 
     1961--BS/1180/S66.

CONCORDANCES

Cruden, Alexander. ed. _Complete Concordance_ Chicago: Winston, 1930
     --BS/425/C85.

Joy, Charles R. _A Concordance of Bible Readings_ Cleveland: World 
     Publishing Co., 1965--BS/432/J618.

Metzger, B.M. ed. _A Concordance  to the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical 
     Books of the R.S.V._ Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans/London: Collins, 
     1983--BS/1700/C66.

_Nelson's Complete Concordance_ Nashville, TN: Nelson, 1957--BS/425/E4.

_Oxford Cyclopedic Concordance_ London: Oxford Press, 1947--BS/425/O9.

Strong, James. ed. _Exhaustive Concordance. K.J._ NY: Abingdon-Cokebury 
     P., 1953--BS/425/S8.

Young, Robert ed. _Analytical Concordance to the Bible_ Nashville, TN: 
     T Nelson, 1980--BS/425/Y7.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS/DICTIONARIES OF RELIGION.

Addis, W.E.  Arnold, Thomas eds. _A Catholic Dictionary_ St. Louis: 
     B. Herder, 1960--BX/841/A3.

Angeles, P.A. ed. _Dictionary of Christian Theology_ San Francisco: 
     Harper  Row, 1985--BR/95/A54.

Cross, F.L.   Livingstone, E.A. _The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian 
     Church_ 2nd. ed. London/NY: Oxford U. Press, 1974--BR/95/O8.

Elwell, W.A. ed. _Evangelical Dictionary of Theology_ Grand Rapids,   
     MI: Baker Book House, 1984--BR/95/E87.

_Encyclopedia Judaica_ NY: McMillan, 1972--DS/102.8/E496.

Erickson, Millard J. _Concise Dictionary of Christian Theology_ Grand 
     Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1986--BR/95/E75.

Gouker, Loice. Compiler. _Dictionary of Church Terms and Symbols_ Ed. 
     by C.F. Weidmann. Norwalk, CT: C.R. Gison Co., 1964--BR/95/N38.

Komonchak, J.A., Collins, Mary  Dermot, A.L. _The New Dictionary of 
     Theology_ Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1987--BR/95/N38.
 
Malloch, James M. Compiler. _A Practical Church Dictionary_ Ed. by 
     Kay Smallzreid, NY: Morehouse-Barlow, 1964 BR/95/M37.

_New Catholic Encyclopedia_ Prepared  by ed. staff of Catholic U.  
     of America. NY: McGraw-Hill /Washington DC: Publishers' Guild, 
     1967--BX/841/N44.

Retief, Andre. ed. _The Catholic Spirit_ Trans. from French by Aldheim 
     Dean. NY: Hawthorn Books, 1963--BX/1751.2/R453.

Singer, Isidore  Adler, Cyrus. eds. _The Jewish Encyclopedia_ NY: 
     Publishing House, (n.d.)--DS/102.8/J65.

Werblowski, R.J. Zwi  Wigoder, Geoffrey. eds. _The Encyclopedia of the
     Jewish Religion_ NY: Holt, Rinehart  Winston, 1966--BM/50/W45.

CYBERSOURCES

Bible History Links Page. 2001. Bible History on Line.  
       http://www.bible-history.com

Easton Bible Reference. Public Domain. M.G. Easton M.A. D.D., _Illustrated Bible 
       Dictionary._ 3rd. Ed. 1897. Thomas Nelson. 
       http://www.studylight.org/dic/ebd/       

Jewish Bible Reference. Navigating the Bible. 2000 World ORT. 
       http://bible.ort.org/books/glosd1.asp 

_New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia._ 2000. Kevin Knight. 
       http://newadvent.org/cathen/

WEB BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA. 2000-2007  Eden Communications.                         
       http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/home.html

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