Chapter 4        Revelation: The Flowering of World Religions

Judaism

Canaan

Book of Genesis

1300 B.C.E. – Exodus

Mount Sinai – the Decalogue (Ten Commandments)

The Hebrew State

Ancient Israel, eighth century - pg. 93, Map 4.1

Ark of the Covenant

The Hebrew Bible

The Book of Job

Diaspora

ethical monotheism

     The Arts of the Hebrews

synagogues

music

Christianity

mystery cults

      70 B.C.E. – Roman destruction of Jerusalem

Gospels – “Good News”

“New Testament”

The Spread of Christianity

      313 B.C.E. –Edict of Milan

      Nicaea – Nicene Creed

      Trinity

Christian Monasticism

      Benedictine of Nursia

Divine Office

secular clergy

regular clergy

The Latin Church Fathers

dogma

Saint Jerome

Ambrose

Gregory the Great

Augustine

Symbolism and Early Christian Art

iconography

catacombs

Early Christian Architecture

ambulatory

narthex

nave

gallery

clerestory

apse

Byzantine Art and Architecture

Justinian

The Byzantine Icon

iconoclasts

Early Christian Music

Gregorian Chant

Islam

Muhammed

622 C.E. – emigration pg. 115, Map 4.3

hijira

infidels

jihad

controversy over leadership

Golden Age in Baghdad: 8^th - 10^th century C.E.

Early Islamic Art and Architecture

mosque

Great Mosque in Cordoba – p. 117, Fig. 4.20

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem – p. 117, Fig. 4.21

Early Islamic Music

forbidden pleasure

Beyond the West: Buddhism

Siddhartha Guatama – Sanskrit “Enlightened One”

mudras

stupas

mandala