Chapter One stated that the "...Greeks and Hebrews rejected or transformed the older Near Eastern traditions to create new points of departure for the human mind." On the basis of both Chapter One and Chapter Two, we can conclude that
A)the Hebrews completely rejected the mythpoeic view of world replacing it with intense rational analysis.
B)the Hebrews abandoned the old coupling of government and religion replacing it with a complete separation of faith and the state.
C)the Egyptian notion of Ma'at (divine justice, law, right and truth) was similar to the Hebrew notion of the orderliness of God's creation.
D)the Hebrews radicalized the Mesopotamian and Egyptian notions of justice by eliminating all social distinctions in their society.
E)Mesopotamian and Egyptian science was transformed by the Hebrews into a more recognizably Western form.

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Chapter One discusses the similarities between the Hebrew concept of God's creation and the Egyptian concept of Ma'at, both emphasizing the orderliness of the universe. However, Chapter Two does not suggest that the Hebrews completely rejected the mythopoetic view of the world or that they eliminated all social distinctions in their society. It also does not suggest that the Hebrews transformed Mesopotamian and Egyptian science into a more recognizably Western form or completely separated faith and the state. Therefore, the best choice is C, which accurately reflects the discussion in both chapters.

Chapter One Stated That the