Exam #3 Bible

What books are included in the OT wisdom literature?

Ecclesiastes, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Songs, Isaiah

What are some common features of Hebrew poetry?

Contrasts contrative parallelism, Metaphors, The Lord is my Shepard, Imagery, Repetition

What have we learned about Job?

Tested by Satan Righteous but suffered,Divine justice = Good person → good things — bad person → bad things,

What have we learned about Ecclesiastes?

meaningless, don’t focus too much on : money, success, career instead → God’s gifts

What have we learned about Proverbs?

fear of the Lord

What have we learned about Psalms?

Songs that are like prayers,

When were the Psalms written?

Monarchid period ( ~ 1000 BC) Post - exile ~ 4500 BC

What kinds of Psalms are there?

Precatory Psalms,

What are some themes in the Psalms?

human emotion, faith

Stich

A line or verse of poetry

Anthropomorphism

Language that describes God as though possessing human features

Zoomorphism

Language that describes God as though possessing features of an animal

Simile

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind

Metaphor

A figure of speech that directly compares two unline things

Hypocatastasis

A m implied simile or metaphor

Merism

a word pair that describes extremes but implies everything in between

Imprecatory Psalms

Psalms that call down God’s judgement on enemies of Israel and God

Synechdoche

A figure of speech that uses the whole to describe a port or a part to describe the whole

Theodicy

the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil

Natural theology

Theological reflection based on natural phenomena, rather than special revelation

Sheol

The abode of the dead, in ancient Israelite understanding

Psalmist

A way to refer to the author of any given Psalm

Zion

One of the hills on which Jerusalem was built