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BLOG 2: Study the interactive Monomyth website: According to Campbell’s description, is Joseph an epic hero? Explain, using quotes from the Biblical text. (Remember that, for Campbell, an epic hero doesn’t have to fit every single one of these stages, just most of them.) What epic things does Joseph accomplish? How many lives are affected by his behavior and his choices? Think about Aristotle’s  telos  here. In Egypt, Joseph seems to be a “trust magnet.” Is this ability to attract trust a gift from God? How does Joseph use his gifts? Include an mage of Joseph from  The  Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. 1. During the reading from the Monomyth website: According to Campbell's description, Joseph is an epic hero. Joseph is an epic hero in many ways. Campbell's describes Joseph as an epic hero due to the many long and undergoing battles that he had to face to pass from everyday life to the adventuring world. Joseph is taken b...

BLOG 1 :  1.  Gilgamesh  has the earliest version of the flood story that appears later in the Old Testament (Genesis 6–9). Discuss how each version has very different emphases and draws a different moral. 2. As the earliest human epic  Gilgamesh  also invites comparisons with later epics like the  Odyssey  and the  Aeneid . Each provides a different goal as an organizing principle—the return home, the founding of a state, the search for immortality—and in each, the gods involve themselves in human affairs. Discuss the relationship of the gods to the protagonist’s quest in each epic. 1. When reading both of these stories and begin comparing them, the Old Testament (Genesis 6-9) to the story of Gilgamesh, you see many similarities but also a lot of differences. One of the main differences between the Old Testament (Genesis 6-9) and Gilg...