Identify and explain the historical significance of Bull Jumping Frescoes at Knossos.
The bull jumping frescoes at Knossos is a famous painting that was painted around 1400 BCE and was found in the palace of Knossos (National Geographic). It pictures a person holding onto the horns of the bull, a red person upside down appearing to be leaping the bull, and a man behind the bull having his arms spread to catch the leaper. According to National Geographic, the two lighter people were women because women were usually depicted as much lighter than men.
This painting is so significant for a number of reasons because it could be seen as a religious, leisure, or just decorative painting. If it is looked at in a religious way, the first thing you will notice is the bull. The bull can be seen in various pagan stories around and before the time of this such as with Marduk from the previous book, and the story of the golden calf with Moses. With this in perspective, this painting can be seen as someone coming face to face with God. From another viewpoint, this can be seen as an athletic event. If this is the case, it proves that the ancient Minoans had been doing so well off they had leisure time. Lastly, if this is just a decorative painting, then this means that there were some people…show more content… These Jews are somewhere between Sadducees and Pharisees because the Pharisees were too relaxed while the Sadducees had corrupted the temple (Ehrman). They also believed that they should withdraw from society and keep their minds on God and only him to become monks and nuns. Some of them were Qumran which were cave living monks. These people believed the end times were coming and handed out the dead sea scrolls. The Dead Sea Scrolls contained all of the books of the Hebrew Bible except for Esther (Ehrman). John the Baptist is known as part of the sect of Judaism and took people on 40-day journeys and then to cross the Jordan
