Choose one of the following topics and write a clear, concise two-paragraph minimum response to the prompt.

We have been discussing High Criticism in relation to the literary history of the Old Testament. Explain what JEPD and doublets mean in relation to this textual history.

Use specific examples from the Old Testament to illustrate how this theory of JEPD and doublets can be applied to certain passages in the Bible, including passages we have read.

We have been discussing myth and epic. Define both myth and epic (using our course discussions of the terms to build your definition) and use passages, events, and/or characters in Gilgamesh to illustrate how the work is an epic that employs myth.