BBL Writings

Colon: A partial, poetic fragment

Line: A complete unit of poetic thought

Bicolon: basic poetic line with two colons

Tricolon: poetic line with three colons

Tetracolon: poetic line with four colons

Strophe: group of lines that focus on a common topic

Stanza: group of strophe that focus on a common theme

Parallesim: the relationship between each poetic fragment (colon) 

synonymous parallelisim: repetition of the same poetic idea, but restated with differnt words

antihetic parallelism: presentation of a contrasting/opposing poetic idea

Synthetic parallelism: addition of new information to further deepen or expand understanding of poetic idea

Proverbs 1-3 is what kind of wisdom?: Embrace Wisdom

Proverb: Practical wisdom for life

Distich (Greek word distikhos): two-line proverb

Tetrastich: four-line proverb

Hexastich: six-line proverb

Octastich: eight-line proverb

comparative parallelism (unique to proverbs): something natural as a similie and related to everyday life

Didactic (pratical) wisdom for life: Book of Proverbs

Types of Psalms: Praise, Lament, Wisdom

How many Psalms: 150