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Paper Instructions:

Analyze this quote: ‘Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.’ 


Thesis/introduction: identify the source of the quote(genesis 1-3) and sum-up what you will be presenting in the body of the paper. 

Body of paper: Historical Context. Using specific supporting evidence drawn from the three components of the course, analyze the historical environment of which the document is a component. Such things as authorship, chronology, reasons for composition, historical events influencing the document, etc. may be discussed.

Body of paper: Long Term Influence. Analyze what historians think are the long term influences of the document upon Western Civilization. Identify and explain different points of view that may exist. Using specific evidence for support, explain whether you agree or disagree with any of those historical interpretations.