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In the third week of class, we had to have read Enûma Elišh, Job, Zechariah and "The Birth of Satan". Enûma Elišh was an interesting read because it told a story that made me think about a theatrical film that could've been produced by Lifetime. The story was about older relatives being upset that younger individuals enjoying their youth, and having the chance of being murdered as a result of it. Which then just turned into the passing of the "crown", that made you the "ruler of the gods". The story of Job was my favorite of the reading we had to have read by the end of week three. The reason for this is because I feel that it is a perfect example of minding your own business but still getting messed with. This being because it was about a man named Job who got everything taken away with him. just because Yahweh (and Satan) felt like doing so. If I'm being honest I did not really understand Zechariah. This being because I did not really understan...

In the second week of class, we learned about the cultures of ancient Mesopotamia, which included ancient Babylon. Ancient Mesopotamia had a large area of what is now modern Iraq and Northeastern Syria. They had religious beliefs, practices, and traditions which varied upon the time period. We also learned that the people of ancient Mesopotamia were Sumerian, East Semitic Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Chaldean. Also in the second week of class, we learned about the term "apotropaic magic", which are basically charm makers, and have something to do with good luck charms, amulets, and gestures. People of back then really relied on magic to make sense of how the worlds work. We also started to talk about Enûma Elišh, which had about 1000 lines and has a few similarities to genesis. We also began to talk about Zoroastrianism, which emerged out of a common prehistoric Indo-Iranian religious system dating back to early 2nd millennium B.C.E. It also appeared as a religious f...