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Discuss what your family eats and how your own dietary and cultural habits might intersect with the views expressed in the novel.what your family eats at different holidays or occasions. Food is a part of our heritage: what we eat and what we do not eat helps to structure our cultural and religious identity. Would Elizabeth Costello understand your family’s values?

Discuss what your family eats and how your own dietary and cultural habits might intersect with the views expressed in the novel. You might want to consider the following topics: your parent’s/guardian’s religious or cultural attitudes towards food; your Thanksgiving holiday; what your family eats at different holidays or occasions. Food is a part of […]

Description As we are looking at two of our larger religions this week, I think it would be interesting to look at how Christianity and Judaism are evolving in modern times. I recently attended a Bar Mitzvah and was pleasantly surprised when the Rabbi grabbed up a guitar and a Star of David tambourine and […]

Identify the main causes for each respective grouping’s immigration to the United States. What motivated large numbers of people to leave the three regions (Ireland, China, Eastern Europe) discussed in course readings?

The United States witnessed multiple waves of mass migration from various regions of the world over the course of the nineteenth century. In one period (1840s – 1860s), large numbers of immigrants from Ireland arrived to the United States at a key turning point in the nation’s history. In a later period (1880s – 1920s), […]

Explain,How does the illumination of the manuscript compare to the art of Qur’ans that we have studied so far (be specific)? Why do you think the Jewish community commissioned this biblical text in this way?

Consider this Hebrew manuscript of the Book of Exodus from 10th century Egypt, now in the collection of the British Library: (note: the text is written in Arabic rather than in Hebrew) How does the illumination of the manuscript compare to the art of Qur’ans that we have studied so far (be specific)? Why do […]

What are the major difference between the pagan worldview as seen in the epic of gilgamesh and the jewish worldview as seen in ecclesiastes and psalms.

Topic: what are the major difference between the pagan worldview as seen in the epic of gilgamesh and the jewish worldview as seen in ecclesiastes and psalms.