欧洲文化入门提纲整理

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water and no food after their rescue from Egypt. So, the Lord brought water and rained bread for them. Soon, the nation camped around a mountain in the desert of Sinai. Suddenly, the Lord descended and called Moses to him. Then the Lord wrote down these Ten Commandments. You shall have no other gods before me. (It means I’m the only God of you) You shall not make idols or bow down to them, nor server them. (It means you are a valued person, you don’t need to worship others.) You shall not use the name of the Lord your God disrespectfully. (It means your name can’t be the same as the God’s) Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. (It means you should celebrate the Sabbath day.) Honor your father and your mother. (It means you should take pride in your parents.) You shall not murder. (It means you can’t hit and harm a person’s life.) You shall not mit adultery. (It means you should be loyal to your husband or your wife.) You shall not steal. (It means you can’t take the things from others.) You shall not lie about your neighbor. (It means you can’t say something untrue to your neighbor.) You shall not lust for your neighbor’s house, or his wife, or anything that is your neighbor’s. (It means you can’t get things form your neighbor.) 1 Jesus Christ Jesus Christ, conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of the Virgin Mary. As the son of God, he lived on earth in the form of a man. He was tempered in many ways but never sinned. During his life time, he performed countless miracles. He had a Passover dinner with his followers before his death. After that Jesus was tortured to die on a Friday. He rose from the dead and ascended to heaven three days later. That was Easter Sunday. Jesus then appeared to his followers and helped them understand the significance of his death and resurrection. Actually, he was the lamb of God who took the sins of the world away. 三、 Simple answer （ 2*10=20%） After the creation of the world, who decided to create a superior being? For what purpose? Eros, the god of love, son of Aphrodite, decided to create a superior being. After the creation of the world, there were luxuriant vegetation and all kinds of living creatures covering the newborn Earth. Eros let Prometheus and his brother to endow them with instincts and in order to rule over the other creatures, and Eros wanted the two brothers to create a superior being called man. Man were made by the image of the god, filled with spirit of life and endowed with a soul. Man being the ruler of all creatures, things on the earth could be wellruled and the world would be more plete. How do you think of Prometheus? Why did he pay such high price to bring fire to human beings。 Prometheus is the son of Iapetus, brother of Epimetheus. After the creation of the world, Eros bade Prometheus and his brother create and endow a superior being called man to rule over all the others. They fashioned man form clay. Prometheus was very kind and merciful, for he observed man and longed to bestow upon him great power。 he was very brave and adamantine, for he stole heavenly fire for man and suffered from torture for centuries. He was to man what a mother was to her children. In order to let his man to have fire, which was the possession and prerogative of gods and they wouldn’t share with man, he risked his own life to steal it but unfortunately was discovered by Zeus. Despite the prolonging torture, Prometheus never gave in. Thanks to his effort, man lived on the earth generation after generation and became more civilized. Why was Zeus displeased and decided to punish human beings? Zeus, the god of the sky, ruler of the Olympian gods and spiritual father of gods and mortals, is the god with greatest power and everyone should be subordinated to him. Prometheus, the so of Iapetus, brother of Epimetheus stole heavenly fire for man. However, fire was the possession and prerogative of gods and they wouldn’t share with man. Zeus was furious with Prometheus and man. He then tried to devise some means to punish mankind for the acceptance of he heavenly fire and sent Pandora who would bring evils to Prometheus. What are the 4 Ages? How was people’s living condition in each Age? The four Ages are the Golden Age, the Silver Age, the Age of Brass and the Iron Age. In the Golden Age, the world was peopled slowly and years were of pure happiness. There was no occasion for labor and innocence, virtue and truth prevailed. It was a time of bliss. In the Silver Age, a year was first divided into seasons and men were obliged to toil for their daily bread. It was a time of happiness and hardship. In the Age of Brass, strife became customary and differences were settled by blows. In the Iron Age, men’s passions knew mo bounds and they even dared to refuse to respect gods. Was occurred and increased and the earth was full of blood. It is the worst of all Ages. How do you think of A。