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36 Cards in this Set
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Sumeriam king who sought everlasting life |
Gilgamesh |
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Friend whose death Gilgamesh mourned |
Enkidu |
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Guarded the gate of the mountain of mashu |
Man-scorpion |
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Assyriam-babylonian god |
Shamash |
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"Women of the vine", maker of wine |
Siduri |
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The ferryman who brings gilgamesh across the ocean and over the waters of death to the house of utnapishtim |
Urshanabi |
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Noah figure who had survived a great flood and to whom the gods had granted everlasting life |
Utnapishtim |
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Whise dedication to god was tested |
Job |
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Job's friend who offered bad advice |
Eliphaz the temanite |
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Job's friend who offered bad advice |
Bildad the shuhite |
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Job's friend who offered bad advice |
Zophar the naamathite |
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What is the single most important factor that binds man together as human beings? |
Language |
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What is the written language that binds men together as human beings even across the centuries and allows one generation to speak to another? |
Literature |
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What is the major difference between the way that animals communicate with each other and the way humans communicate with each other? |
People communicate thoughts and general ideas, but animals cannot |
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What is the greatest classic of all? |
The Bible |
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What is one of the oldest pieces of literature still in existence? |
The epic of gilgamesh |
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Where was the epic of gilgamesh written? |
In summer(Mesopotamia) |
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What is gilgames searching for? |
Everlasting life |
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What tragedy happened to gilagmesh |
His friend enkidu had just died |
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Who is the sumerian noah figure in the epic of Gilgamesh? |
Utnapishtim |
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Wjy does gilgamesh want to find utnapishtim? |
Because he is the only man to whom the gods granted everlasting life |
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What guarded the gate of mountain mashu? |
Scorpions (man-scorpion) |
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Whom did gilgamesh meet after he crossed twelve leagues of darkness through the mountain? |
Shamash, the assyrian-babylonian sun god |
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Whi advised gilgamesh to give up his search and to be satisfied with the good things in life? |
Siduri, the maker of wine |
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When Gilgamesh asked siduri for direction to utnapishtim, to whom did she send him? |
To urshanabi, the ferryman |
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According to the story he told Gilgamesh, how did utnapishtim know how to build a boat to escape the flood? |
A god revealed it in a dream |
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What was the test that utnapishtim suggest to Gilgamesh? |
Thatbhe prevail sleep for six days and seven nights |
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How did utnapishtim's wife mark the number of days gilgamesh slept? |
With loaves of bread |
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What was the mystery of the gods that utnapishtim revealed to gilgamesh? |
A plant which restores the last youth to a man |
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What happened to the plant? |
A serpent snatched it |
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Did gilgamesh find everlasting life |
No |
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What is considered to be the oldest book in the bible? |
Job |
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Why did satan want God to take away job's possessions? |
He claimed that job served god only because god had blessed him greatly |
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Did job continue to trust god in the face of catastrophe? |
Yes |
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How did god reward job for his faithfulness? |
God doubled his wealth and gave him more children |
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In the ancient indian fable translated by "william carey, who granted the brahmin and this family wishes? |
God |
