Defining Jacobsen's terms-- with Treasures of Darkness 3-21:

 

1) Explain in your own words the significance of key terms for this study:

metaphor

numinous

intransitive(ness)

 

2) Illustrate these terms from the hymns to Nanna (Moon) and Enlil (Sky) pp. 7-11.

 

3) What were the 3 dominant metaphors in Mesopotamian religion

from the 4th millennium to the 2nd?