Exploring Proverbs, Lamentations, and Song of Songs

Prescriptive Proverb

Describes what a person should do.

Descriptive Proverb

Tells a person how the world works.

Wisdom in Proverbs 1-9

A path that one walks.

Young man's encouragement in Proverbs

Woman Wisdom.

Lament

To grieve or cry out to God.

Period of Ruth's story

The time of the Judges.

Ruth's origin

Moab.

Ruth's position after Boaz fell asleep

At the feet of Boaz.

Ruth's great-grandson

David.

Narrative style of Proverbs 1-9

The young man is stuck in a love triangle.

Event Lamentations responds to

Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem.

Royal Experiment in Ecclesiastes

Qoheleth tests the things that humans chase to give life meaning.

Qoheleth's conclusion from the Royal Experiment

We should learn to be happy now with God's simple gifts.

Question in Job 1-2

Is it possible for a person to "fear God" if there is no reward?

Job's friends' point not included

Curse God since he has disregarded your honest life.

God's challenge to Job in His first speech

God asks over and over what Job can do.

Division of the book of Psalms

5.

Reason for division of Psalms

To model the Torah.

Type of Psalm not included

Psalms of Reflection.

Most common type of Psalm

Lament.

God's challenge to Job in His second speech

The Lord challenges Job to try being God.

Historical readings of the Song of Songs

All of these: allegories of God's love for Israel, Christ's love for the church, and the Holy Spirit's love for the soul.

Content of the Song of Songs

True.

Dialogue in the Song of Songs

True.

Ways to read the Song of Songs suggested in class

All of the above: as an allegory of God and humanity and as a book of love poetry.

Elements of a hymn of praise

All of these: a summons to praise, reasons to praise, repetition of the summons to praise.

Issue in Lamentations

Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem.