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1) In what ways do Greek religion and divinities, as portrayed in the Odyssey, differ from the ancient Hebrew religion? The major difference between the Greeks and the Hebrew religion is the Hebrew God is considered to be singular and the Greeks had many gods. The Greek gods only generally served their own special function. These gods formed a “divine society” and lived around Zeus on Mount Olympus. These were the highest gods and that was the highest layer of society. But in the Hebrew religion this was not the case. The characteristics of the Greek gods as opposed to the Hebrew God Yahweh are they were a lot like everyday humans. They were fallible, they would get into petty fights, and had emotions very similar to humans for example being lustful and getting angry. These Greek gods could easily be considered flawed. On the other hand the Hebrew God Yahweh was seen as perfect and not flawed in any way. The Hebrew’s believed that humans were made in Yahweh’s likeness. As for fate the Greek gods were even subject to fate and not even Zeus could control fate but rather the golden scales controlled fate.
Approximate Word count = 714
Approximate Pages = 2.9
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