Answering these questions enables you to relate material from the text to your own personal experiences.
Create a modern adventure tale, film script, or video game based on the Epic of Gilgamesh.
The Book of Job raises the question: “Why do bad things happen to good people?” Does it answer this question? How would you answer it?
An eminent historian (Gerda Lerner) claims that “class [in ancient society] was constructed out of gender relations which advantaged men.” Is this evident in Hammurabi’s Code? To what extent does this generalization apply for our own day and age?
Are there any modern-day equivalents of the “power images” used to symbolize the rulers of ancient times? Describe and compare.
