The Waldorf Curriculum in the Third Year ... 1
The Israelites in Contrast to the Inhabitants of Mesopotamia ... 2
The Third Year Student and the Dragon ... 4
The People of the Ancient Near East ... 6
The Sumerian Creation Myth and the Development of Writing ... 9
Painting Activity: The Watery Abyss ... 10
The Creation of the Universe Sumerian Myth ... 12
Painting Activity: The Separation into Two Realms ... 14
Marduk and Michael ... 18
Marduk, Slayer of the Dragon, Sumerian Myth ... 19
Painting Activity Marduk and the Dragon ... 21
Painting Activity: Marduk Set the Heavenly Spheres in Place ... 22
Creation Continues ... 24
Lesson Activity: Inscriptions from the Tablets ... 26
Ut-Napishtim, The Sumerian Noah ... 28
Painting Activity: Ut-Napishtim’s Ark ... 31
Sumer’s Job ... 33
The Sufferings of the Righteous Luluralim: Akkadian Myth ... 35
Painting Activity: Luluralim ... 38
The Flight of Etana Akkadian Myth ... 39
Painting Activity: Etana ... 42
Lesson Activity: Proverbs from Sumeria ... 43
Bibliography ... 45