RELI 2732 Lecture 5: February 2nd - Lecture Five.docx
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Readings from 1 to 8 are all covered on midterm 1. To studytry to get a feel for the religious tradition you reading about Questions are not focused on the details of the religionsbut the ideas that relate to death and after. But the yombe that the prof talked about we should know Will be asked what is the african understanding of the reincarnation. Will be asked how a particular tradition understand the soul or the person(the various aspects of persons in egyptian religion) Answer: c: in the bible, sheol is, a place of judgment for the wicket, a place for waiting until the resurrection, a place of life-less persons, a place of disembodied souls. Answers will be posted on webct by prof. Unlike egypt (isolateddeserts on both sidesegypt is quite isolated) mesopotamia is open from all insidestherefore open for invasion. Life for the people for this region was insecure, unstable and full of danger.