Day 3

(some notes are sketchy - I think nearly everyone has posted their papers on their blogs)
Me - Mystery religions present during early days of Christianity, including Mithraists (males only and worshipped in underground temples) and Eleusinians (cult of Demeter and Persephone; open to everyone, including slaves). Other influences existed, but Emporer Constantine's conversion to Christianity ultimately ended these other religions.

Matt M. - Wisdom vs. knowledge in the Bible; wisdom is separated from worldly knowledge in the Bible.

Matt L. - The changes in baptism over time throughout the New Testament

Maria - water symbolism in The Slave and the Bible

Justin - retold the first 11 chapters of Genesis (see his blog)

Shelly - told of the images of water in the Bible and played a Gino Vanelli song: "Come to the Well."

Andrew - The problem of knowledge and evil. Frankenstein, . . . Faustus and Jude the Obscure are satirical attacks on the concept of knowledge. Jude would be on Andrew's list of 3 tragedies.

Adam - The movie "Dogma" is a satire on what happens when you take your beliefs too seriously and Adam referenced Frye's "if you have a belief, there's an opposite" idea, which, according to Adam, keeps you open minded.

Robin - She looked at Frye 7 and brought examples of 6 different visuals: cherubim, seraphim, doves, gold, fire (phoenix) and leviathan

Lauren - Comparison of Native American trixter to the Bible figure of the trixter. The Navajo creation story has a coyote who is a trixter.

Erick - The NT pulled away from Judaism, but it isn't clear without knowing the OT. Erick told the story of the faith of the centurion. Centurions didn't usually value human life but this particular centurion valued the life of his servant.