Chapter One Stated That the

question 69

Multiple Choice

Chapter One stated that the "...Greeks and Hebrews rejected or transformed the older Near Eastern traditions to create new points of departure for the human mind." On the basis of both Chapter One and Chapter Two, we can conclude that

• A)the Hebrews completely rejected the mythpoeic view of world replacing it with intense rational analysis.
• B)the Hebrews abandoned the old coupling of government and religion replacing it with a complete separation of faith and the state.
• C)the Egyptian notion of Ma'at (divine justice, law, right and truth) was similar to the Hebrew notion of the orderliness of God's creation.
• D)the Hebrews radicalized the Mesopotamian and Egyptian notions of justice by eliminating all social distinctions in their society.
• E)Mesopotamian and Egyptian science was transformed by the Hebrews into a more recognizably Western form.

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Definitions:

Culture

The arts, beliefs, and customs that are passed down from generation to generation within a society.

Stereotyping

The act of assigning generalized attributes to individuals based on their membership in a particular group, without acknowledging individual differences.

Xenophobia

A fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers.

Pluralism

A concept in sociology and political science that acknowledges a diverse society where multiple groups maintain their independent cultural traditions.