Class notes for exam #1

1. Importance of Laughter - its relationship to women; YHWH as a trickster; means of ridiculing other tribes, used to prove a point with a story, even if we don't understand the laughter (historical context is lost on us)
2. Cultural shift from Nomadic peoples into Agricultural (agrarian), and from Hebrews to Jesus
3. Will of YHWH brought about by women circumventing men, -Rebekah, Lot's daughters, Tamar the temple prostitute, and Rachel stealing Laban's gods
4. Levite's Concubine (type of wife)
   Patrilocal vs. Virilocal- patrilocal, man visits woman in the house of her father vs. virilocal, man takes woman from the house of her father into his own house and takes on the responsiblity of her father to take care of her
5. Hospitality -more important than protecting women - as women are portrayed in bible
   In both Biblical and Classical this is a sacred obligation
6. Biblicaly, there is a difference between the feminine and the female -female, biological vs. feminine, cultural and socialy defined
   Teraphim- household gods. Decalogue- 10 commandments split into 2 sections, worship laws and social laws, different versions found in J and P Synechdoche- part stands for the whole, reduced spoils of women to a bodypart
7. What are names of Adam and Eve's children? Cain, Able, Seth and other sons and daughters.
8. How did Jacob get his name changed? He wrestled with an angel, now called Israel
9. How many of the Danaids are in the underworld pouring water? 48, one left with husband, the other was captured by Poseidon
10. Which part of the human body is grabbed the most often during abduction? The wrist
11. What are the 3 stages of the mexis relationship, or the relationship with Gods? Conviviality, Rape, Indiference pgs 52-53
12. Cannon-the list of literature scholars deem the best, Psyche- Soul, Sporagmos- tearing of flesh, dismemberment, Paronomasia- word play, Lacunae- gaps in the story found in biblical tradition, Patriarchy- rule of fathers, from body part meaning "the head" - "head of the family" pater-paternal-peter
13. What are the four levels of discourse in Frye? Descriptive, Conceptual, Ideological, and Karymatic
14. Literal meaning of the name Prometheus - he who thinks before he acts, forethought
15. What happened Thyestes sons? They were chopped up and served to him as dinner
16. What biblical phrase best describes Frye's most important point? "Life more abundent"pg. 42 or 43 I think
17. Which books are in the Torah(law) Pentateuch- Genisis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Duteronomy
18. The Philistines are plagued with Hemorrhoids from storing the Arc of the Covenant
19. How did Zeus break/outsmart the cycle of death of sons adn fathers? He ate Metis
20. What are the four Viconian stages? Gods, Heros, Men, Chaos