WORLD RELIGIONSIntro to:

Allusions

An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, myth or work of art. It is left to the reader or listener to make the connection.

Types– Biblical Christian Bible– Historical factual events– Classical from Greek or Roman

mythology

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Definitions – Page 30

• Myths• Legends• Epics• Hymns, prayers, and psalms• Wisdom literature– Proverbs– Parables

• Folk Tales

Summerians

Invented Writing

AkkadiansWorld’s 1st

Empire

BabyloniansCode of

Hammurabi1st laws

AssyriansDestroyed

Israel /Early Library

Neo-Babylonian

sCaptured

Remaining Jews

Egyptians

Early Facts about Literature

• Early tokens used for writing as early as 8000 BC

• Sumerians – cuneiform• Mesopotamian literatureGilgamesh epic

• Egyptians – hieroglyphicsRosetta Stone broke the code

• Dead Sea Scrolls – oldest surviving sections of the Bible.

Getting Started

1. Get a brown World Literature book.2. Read pgs. 22-23 taking notes on

important information.3. Be prepared to discuss.

• Trace their history to Abraham• Hebrew – cross over• Exodus – Moses took the

Israelites back to Canaan.• Kings to Know –

Saul, David, Solomon• Divided Kingdom –

Israel and Judah• Center of Temple –

Holy of Holies contained the Ark of the Covenant

• Psalm – song sung to teach, worship, or to inform• Major Text – Torah• Type of Writing – Hebrew• Afterlife – Different Beliefs. “gathered to their people”

Then we get to … Hebrew Literature