SAMPLE EXAM: Egyptian Unit Hebrew 351
If you wish, you can take this
exam and
email it to me for (unofficial) grading.
15 min each + 5 for review:
1.What are the primary
methods for
getting to the blessed afterlife?
Include 3-4 sentences indicating the
methods used in BD 125 (the long chapter which includes the Negative
Confession).
2."Multiplicity of
approaches"
in Egyptian thought:
(a) Define the concept in accordance with Frankfort
and (b) give a couple of examples of how this viewpoint manifests
itself in
creation accounts and afterlife beliefs.
3.Limitations on deities in
Egyptian
thought (ref.: lectures, Frankfort (section on "The Immanence of
the
Gods and the Limitations of Egyptian Religiosity"); ideally
supplemented
by sources in Reader).
Save time by using
abbreviations, for
example, Eg (Egyptian), NC (Negative Confession); MA (Multiplicity of
approaches).