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The Poetical Books
Psalms and Song of Solomon
The wisdom Literature book
Job
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
How is Job a poetry Sandwich?
Prose at the front and back with Poetry int he middle
How much of the OT is poetical form
1/3
The poetical books do not advance the story of the nation of Israel. Instead they delve deeply into crucial questions about......
pain, God, wisdom, life, and love.
Three types of poetry
lyric
didactic
dramatic
Accompanied by music on the lyre, strong emotional elements
lyric
Teaches principles about life and means of maxims
Didactic
A dialogue in poetic form
dramatic poetry
OT Poetry that is lyric
most of Psalms
OT Poetry that is didactic
proverbs and Ecclesiastes
OT Poetry that is dramatic
Job and song of songs
Hebrew Poetry is based on
rhyming of ideas / parallelism
The second line reinforces the thought of the first line by using similar words and concepts
Synonymous parallellism
The second line adds to or completes the idea of the first line
Synthetic parallelism
The thought of the first line is contrasted in the second line
Antithetic Paralelism
The first line uses a figure of speech to illuminate the main point conveyed by the second line. A figure of speech in the first line of poetry illustrates the content of the second line
Emblematic parallelism
The second line repeats the first with the exception of the last term
Climactic parallelism
A structured parallelism like a triangle on its side
chiasm
Why are parallelism and chiasm important?
they can help frame the outline of your sermon or teaching
A comparison between two things that resemble one another is some way using like or as
simile
A comparison in which one thing is declared to be another
metaphor
An implied comparison between two things in which the name of one thing is used in place of the other
Implication
The use of exaggeration to emphasize a point
hyperbole
The use of a question (to which the answer is not expected but should be obvious) to confirm or deny a fact.
Rhetorical question
Several words in close proximity beginning with the same letter
Alliteration
this means "human form" and describes God, who is spirit, as having human parts.
Anthropomorphism
God's attributes are compared to animal forms
Zoomorphism
When an object or abstract quality is treated as a person.
Personification
each consecutive line begins with the next letter in the Hebrew alphabet.
Alphabet acrostic
Job is set in the period of.....
the patriarchs
How many cycles are between Job and his friends?
three
Meaning of the title of Job
Persecuted one or repentant one
The author for job is.....
unknown
Jobs friend's names
Eliphaz
Bildad
Zophar
Elihu
Jobs Basic Complaints
God does not hear me
God is punishing me
God allows the wicked to prosper
Job's defences are longer than his friends
The great question of the Book of Job
Why do the righteous suffer if God is loving and all-powerful?
Theme of Job
God is sovereign over all creation
key words of Job
Suffering and Sovereignty
Key Chapter in Job
42
God shows up and job repents
Five ways God uses hardship
humble us
test us
rearrange our priorities
to discipline us
to prepare us for future blessings
How is Christ shown in Job?
Job acknowledges a redeemer
The length of time the Psalms were collected
from Moses (1410) to the return under Ezra (430)
How many Psalms did david author?
73
How many Psalms did Asaph Author?
12
Who was Asaph?
a high priest who headed the service of music
How many Psalms by the Sons of Korah
10
Who were the sons of Korah
a guild of singers and composers
Who were 4 people who wrote 1 or 2 psalms
Solomon, moses, Heman, Ethan
How many anonymous psalms?
50
Who are some of the anonymous psalms attributed to?
King Hezekiah
How many books are the psalms divided in
5
Some see parallels from the 5 books of the Psalms to.....
the pentateuch
The last psalm of each book functions as a....
doxology
Who compiled the psalms together
David, Hezekiah, josiah, Ezra, Nehemiah.
The span of authorship in the Psalms is
1000 years
How many acrostic psalms
9
Key word of the psalms
worship
The two ways Psalms were used
Liturgical and devotional
The Book of Psalms is the __________ _____________ ________ book in the NT
Most frequently quoted
Most quoted verse in the NT
Psalm 110
Songs of praise and thanksgiving - praised and thanked the Lord for who he was and what he had done. Includes, individual thanksgiving, communal thanksgiving, general praise, and descriptive praise psalms
hymns
Psalms that expressed sorrow for sin and appeals to God for grace and forgiveness.
Penitential Psalms
General observations on life, especially God and our relationship to Him. The reader is often exhorted and instructed to follow the fear of the Lord and righteousness and avoid evil.
Wisdom and didactic psalms
Focus on the king as the son of David and as God's special instrument to rule his people. God accomplished his plans through his anointed.
Royal Psalms and Enthronement Psalms
Describe some aspect of the Messiahs's person
Messianic Psalms
A Call for god's judgement against his enemies
Imprecatory Psalms
Lament ones condition, this is the most popular kind of psalms
Lament Psalms.
Psalms sung by pilgrim traveling up to Jerusalem
Psalms of Ascent
Psalms sung on the night of Passover
hallelujah psalms
Three wisdom books of the OT
Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes
non-canon wisdom books
Wisdom of Solomon and Ecclesiasticus
Four Differences between Ancient Near Eastern Wisdom and Jewish Wisdom literature
1. Biblical wisdom is built on the fear of Yahweh
2.Built on practical holiness
3. It seeks to build skill in life
4. Biblical wisdom is universal and practical
2 kinds of wisdom literature in the Bible
Discourse Wisdom and instructional wisdom
Wisdom that grapples with the difficult issues of life and is usually pessimistic
Discourse wisdom
Usually more optimistic wisdom
Instructional or didactic wisdom
When did Solomon write song of songs
965
When did solomon write proverbs
950
When did Solomon write Ecclesiastes
935
the ability to live life skillfully
wisdom
2 Contrasting way of living in proverbs
the fool and the wise
Title for Proverbs in hebrew and greek
Proverbs of Solomon
Key word for Proverbs
Wisdom
How many proverbs did solomon speak
3000
Names of others who wrote proverbs
agur and lemuel
Purpose of proverbs
help readerslive wisely and skillfully
theme of proverbs
the fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge
How many times is the fear of the lord in proverbs
11
Proverbs written to youth containing longer discourses, warnings of bad company and the wicked
Section 2
Proverbs of solomon, many short sayings, 375, antithetical, no structure
section 3
Sayings of the wise, parallels the Instruction of Amenemope
Section 4
Proverbs by Hezekiahs men, leadership is a theme, there apears to be some organization
section 5
begins with a riddle, many number sayings
sayings of Agur
He was a king, speaks of wisdom and royal responsibility, warns against alcohol
sayings of Lemuel
A hebrew alphabet acrostic and a chiasm
The wife of noble character.
Key word Ecclesiastes
Vanity
hebrew title of ecclesiastes
Qoheleth (preacher)
Author of Ecc
Solomon
Trying to exsperiment to find meaning in life
Empericism
using reason to find meaning is fruitless
Rationalism
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