Study Guide for Quiz #2

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1. Be able to identify the following names or concepts (what writings they appear in, what role they play in those writings, etc.):

	Adam
	Eve
	Moses
	Yahweh
	Ecclesiastes
	Names of the four gospels
	Council of Nicea (and what it declared)
	Augustine
	Cicero
	Hortentius
	Monica
	Ambrose
	theodicy
	omnipotent
	omniscient
	ontology
	epistemology
	Hippo

1. Be able to summarize the key events that were covered in the Old Testament.

2. How does the translation of Genesis 1:1 make a difference?

3. Be able to discuss what Genesis might mean when it says humans were created in the image of God.

4. What does dominion mean in Genesis? How has it been understood (or misunderstood) in Western culture?

5. Discuss the way the story of Adam and Eve have often been interpreted and how that compares to a feminist reading of the story.

6. In light of class discussion, talk about some of the main ironies in the story of Exodus.

7. What is wisdom literature and what is the place of Ecclesiastes in that tradition?

8. Based on Ecclesiastes, what was the Hebrew view of death at that time? Be prepared to compare the view of death in Ecclesiastes with the views found in Gilgamesh, Oedipus, and Phaedo.

9. In light of class discussion, how might chapter 3 of Ecclesiastes be interpreted?

10. Be able to summarize the key events that were covered in the New Testament.

11. According to modern scholars approximately when was each gospel written?

12. What does love mean for the New Testament writers? How does it compare to the way people in our time look at love?

13.  When and where did Augustine live? What is the basic story of his life?

14. How did his search for truth lead him to Manichaeism, neo-Platonism, and then to Christianity? What questions was he trying to solve in his search?
 

15. What was Manichaeism’s approach to the problem of evil? What difficulties remained with its solution? How does Augustine eventually resolve the problem of evil and the goodness of God?

16. What is Augustine's view of original sin? How does he support that view?

17. What is Augustine's view of free  will? How does Augustine's view of time help him deal with the problem of free will?