Agenda:
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Quiz 3: There is a total of six points possible on these quizzes. For most of them Professor McBride could tell you did the reading, but the
answers were not worded concisely or effectively. PLEASE, if you are having trouble pulling main ideas out of the reading make an appointment with Jessica or Professor McBride before the quiz. The best way to get complete ideas on paper is by using whole sentences. Make sure you answer the question, do not spend the whole time rephrasing the question. If you would like to, Professor McBride has offered to email correspond with you about particular quiz answers that you can revisit. You will not get a better grade, but you will get a better idea of what she is looking for.
A)    Judith
B)    Susanna
C)    Thursday
            bible
            ereserve
            prospectus

(Stories that are located in the Apocrypha do not have that much authority because they relatively late, in terms of when they were
collected, in comparison to the other stories.)

A)    Judith

This story works with three literary terms: Irony, Ritual Purity, and Sacred/ salvation history. Within the context of this
particular story
the irony is that the statements that are made are ironic-i.e. the end result in the conflict between the "almighty powerful" kingdom of
Assyria and Judith the widow with no power( Judith wins because she has God on her side). The Ritual Purity in this story is that it
promotes a particular understanding of how Jewish people should worship-Judith remaining Kosher during her feasts with Holofernes. The
Sacred/salvation history is a term that means a particular view of Jewish history that permeates the Bible- the history in this story is
not correct; the part about Nebuchadnezzar- in actuality he was the leader of the Neo-babylonians.

B)    Susanna

This is a story of the virtuous woman triumphing over wicked elders. The woman, Susanna, had no power in the story because she was a
woman. Even her most beloved family did not stand up for her or believe her count of the story. The only reason she survived was because
God heard her plea (moral here being if you believe in God he will help you) and sent Daniel, a man, to question the elders and prove her
innocence.

C)     Thursday

We are starting Unit 5: Women and Christianity. Make sure to read the introduction. We are going to focus on different perspectives of the
Virgin Mary, and the Virgin of Guadeloupe. We will talk about the virgin as a contact zone between Aztec goddess' and Christianity.
The prospectus is due. One from each group producing an overall view of the web site.