Week 3 Lessons
Questions #3
What is Revelation 21:1-8 about?
What is Isaiah 65:17-25 about?
From Gen. 1:14 & 8:22 give 4 examples of the two-fold division of time in scripture. (There is something in middle that splits it in two.)
In the whole of scripture what splits Bible in two?
The first diagram has a double line separating creation and the new creation. It
represents the coming of Christ. {The OT seems to consider this one event.} The
2nd diagram takes this double line, spreads it out, and divides it into 2 parts—his
first coming (“in the flesh”) and his second coming (“in the clouds”). {The NT
refers to two separate events}. Can you match the phrases on the left with the
proper phrase on the right
The first coming of Christ the beginning of eternity
The second coming of Christ the beginning of the end of time
The beginning of the end of time the end of the end of time
The reason this apparent gobbledygook is important is that several phrases (e.g.
“in the fullness of time” & “the last days”) can refer to either the first coming or
the second coming. If you don’t discern which one from scripture your
interpretation may be incorrect.
6. What are two different Greek words for new? What is the difference in their
meanings?
What does Rev. 1:1 say Revelations is about?
Is the book of Revelation primarily about the future—that is, is it as many people think a prophecy of coming events?
What was the final psalm? What is it’s significance to this message?
Is there anything else in this message you would like to discuss?
What personal application did you make?
Part 1—Theogony
NOTE: Each time a new ancient author is introduced you will need to research him and write a brief (50-100 word paper—there will be no penalty if it is longer) on him. Each of these is to be checked by a parent for grammatical & spelling mistakes and then corrected by the student before it is turned in. This week you need to research & write a paper on Hesiod.
Theogony Questions
1. Leithart says that there are two parallel stories in The Theogony: (1) origin of the gods & (2) “succession myth”—i.e. the story of how the leader of each generation of gods is overthrown & replaced by his son. What does “theogony” mean?
2. Leithart also says that the focus of each story is Zeus. This makes Zeus the protaganist. (If you disagree that Zeus is the protaganist tell me why.) What is a protaganist?
3. There are three main types of story—comedy, romance, and tragedy. Can you give a definition of each? We are gong to decide next week which one the Theogony is
.
4. Go to web site www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html Explore the site. Find the Theogony by Hesiod. I would like you to print a copy of this. I cut & pasted this to Windows and then changed the font size to 8 because I didn’t want to use a lot of paper. It took 8 pages front & back (i.e. 16) to print it. This week we are going to only read lines 507-616, but next week we will read the whole thing. You don’t need to hand this in on Sunday but I want you to bring it to class. We are going to look at the introduction together.
5. Prometheus tricked Zeus 2x. What was each trick and what did Zeus do each time to punish Prometheus?
6. In lines 590-612 to what does Hesiod compare women?
7. Hebrew literature makes use of 2 structures: the chiasm and the concentric or ring structure. We will discuss the former in class using Ps. 73:3 & Ps. 73:6 and the latter using 2 Samuel 11-12. There is no advance work for this but be sure to bring your Bible.
8. Leithart makes the following divisions in Theogony:
Prologue
Earth & 1st generation of gods
First story: Cronos overthrows heaven
Descendents of Night, Pontos, and others
Second story: Zeus overthrows Cronos
Sons of Iapetos
Third story: Prometheus
Fourth story: Zeus versus Titans
Description of Tartarus
Fifth Story: Zeus versus Typhoeus
Zeus established as King
Marriages of Zeus
The five stories are clearly the most interesting part of the Theogony. They are basically the succession myth mentioned in question 1. The non indented parts are part 1 or the origin of the gods—this is the genealogy and my eyes glaze over with this just like with the genealogies in Genesis. In class we will discuss 3 ways to analyze these divisions.
What is Revelation 21:1-8 about?
What is Isaiah 65:17-25 about?
From Gen. 1:14 & 8:22 give 4 examples of the two-fold division of time in scripture. (There is something in middle that splits it in two.)
In the whole of scripture what splits Bible in two?
The first diagram has a double line separating creation and the new creation. It
represents the coming of Christ. {The OT seems to consider this one event.} The
2nd diagram takes this double line, spreads it out, and divides it into 2 parts—his
first coming (“in the flesh”) and his second coming (“in the clouds”). {The NT
refers to two separate events}. Can you match the phrases on the left with the
proper phrase on the right
The first coming of Christ the beginning of eternity
The second coming of Christ the beginning of the end of time
The beginning of the end of time the end of the end of time
The reason this apparent gobbledygook is important is that several phrases (e.g.
“in the fullness of time” & “the last days”) can refer to either the first coming or
the second coming. If you don’t discern which one from scripture your
interpretation may be incorrect.
6. What are two different Greek words for new? What is the difference in their
meanings?
What does Rev. 1:1 say Revelations is about?
Is the book of Revelation primarily about the future—that is, is it as many people think a prophecy of coming events?
What was the final psalm? What is it’s significance to this message?
Is there anything else in this message you would like to discuss?
What personal application did you make?
Part 1—Theogony
NOTE: Each time a new ancient author is introduced you will need to research him and write a brief (50-100 word paper—there will be no penalty if it is longer) on him. Each of these is to be checked by a parent for grammatical & spelling mistakes and then corrected by the student before it is turned in. This week you need to research & write a paper on Hesiod.
Theogony Questions
1. Leithart says that there are two parallel stories in The Theogony: (1) origin of the gods & (2) “succession myth”—i.e. the story of how the leader of each generation of gods is overthrown & replaced by his son. What does “theogony” mean?
2. Leithart also says that the focus of each story is Zeus. This makes Zeus the protaganist. (If you disagree that Zeus is the protaganist tell me why.) What is a protaganist?
3. There are three main types of story—comedy, romance, and tragedy. Can you give a definition of each? We are gong to decide next week which one the Theogony is
.
4. Go to web site www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html Explore the site. Find the Theogony by Hesiod. I would like you to print a copy of this. I cut & pasted this to Windows and then changed the font size to 8 because I didn’t want to use a lot of paper. It took 8 pages front & back (i.e. 16) to print it. This week we are going to only read lines 507-616, but next week we will read the whole thing. You don’t need to hand this in on Sunday but I want you to bring it to class. We are going to look at the introduction together.
5. Prometheus tricked Zeus 2x. What was each trick and what did Zeus do each time to punish Prometheus?
6. In lines 590-612 to what does Hesiod compare women?
7. Hebrew literature makes use of 2 structures: the chiasm and the concentric or ring structure. We will discuss the former in class using Ps. 73:3 & Ps. 73:6 and the latter using 2 Samuel 11-12. There is no advance work for this but be sure to bring your Bible.
8. Leithart makes the following divisions in Theogony:
Prologue
Earth & 1st generation of gods
First story: Cronos overthrows heaven
Descendents of Night, Pontos, and others
Second story: Zeus overthrows Cronos
Sons of Iapetos
Third story: Prometheus
Fourth story: Zeus versus Titans
Description of Tartarus
Fifth Story: Zeus versus Typhoeus
Zeus established as King
Marriages of Zeus
The five stories are clearly the most interesting part of the Theogony. They are basically the succession myth mentioned in question 1. The non indented parts are part 1 or the origin of the gods—this is the genealogy and my eyes glaze over with this just like with the genealogies in Genesis. In class we will discuss 3 ways to analyze these divisions.
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