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which books comprise the poetical section?
- Job
- psalms
- proverbs
- ecclesiastes
- song of songs
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what are the most common characteristics of hebrew peotry?
- Meter/ryhme
- parallelism
- chiasm
- acrostics
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define meter/ryhme
each line follows a certain meter or accent pattern
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define parallelism
two lines complement the other in some way
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define chiasm
criss crossing lines
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define acrostics
alphabetic poems
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what is the most important feature of hebrew poetry?
parallelism
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name three primary types of parallelism
- synonymous
- antithetic
- synthetic
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define synonymous
repetition of the same thought
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define antithetic
two lines stand in sharp contrast to each other
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define: synthetic
second line normally completes a thought that the 1st line left incomplete
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psamls 8 reveals chiastic structure by what pattern?
ABC-CBA
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what is cuneiform language spoken by Ancient Ugarit called?
Ugaritic
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what language is similar to Ugaritic
Biblical Hebrew
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How does Ugaritic contribute to a better understanding of the hebrew text?
- 1. it adds clarity to rare hebrew words
- 2. it uses the sme style of parallelism
- 3. it provides background about the polytheism of ancient Israel's time
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which book answers the question "why do religious people suffer?"
Job
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which book is the song book?
psalms
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which book gives practical guidelines for living?
proverbs
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in which book is the meaning of life explored?
ecclesiastes
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which book focuses on the joy of romantic love?
song of solomon
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which three books does the designation "wisdom literature" apply?
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two general group classifications of ancient near eastern wisdom literature
- 1. brief proverbial amxims (usually optimisitic)
- 2. sages produced documents containing lengthy discourses or essays grappling with life's most difficult problems (usually pessimistic)
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name four people who give job advice or rebuke him in the book of job
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why have many assumed a pre-mosaic origin for the book of job?
- 1. many circumstances of job's seem patriarchal
- 2. job offers sacrifices without benefit of priest
- 3. job's wealth is measured in terms of floacks and servants
- 4. job's long life-span harkens back to genesis
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explain retribution theology
the very righteous of right leads to blessings, and the wrongness of wrong leads naturally to disaster...you reap what you sow
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which book contains more direct parallels with ancient near eastern literature than any other book in the bible?
proverbs
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how many songs from hebrew religious life and worship are contained in psalms?
150
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name the different types of psalms that are attributed to david
- praises
- laments
- penitential
- imprecatory
- royal
- messianic
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who were some of the authors of the psalms?
- david
- asaph
- sons of korah
- moses
- solomon
- mystery authors
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give two reason for the unique place of the psalms in god's word
- 1. they gave us insight into israelite worship
- 2. they deal with all aspects of hebrew life
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which german scholar laid the foundation for the study of psalm classification?
hermann gunkel (student of form of criticism)
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what are the psalm types?
- hymns
- penitential
- wisdom
- royal
- messianic
- imprecatory
- lament
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define hymns
songs of praise and thanksgiving to God for who he is and what he ahs done
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define penitential
confess sorrow for sin, appeal to God for grace and forgiveness
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define wisdom
general observations on life, esepecially God and our relationship to him
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define royal
focus on the king as the son of david and as god's special instrument to rule his people
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define messianic
describe some aspect of the messiah's person or ministry
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define imprecatory
call for god's judgment against god's enemies and/or his people
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define lament
lament one's condition; usually includes statement of lament, statement of trust in god, and affirmation of praise to him
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what is a proverb?
is a succict and persuasive saying proven true by experience
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what two things are the proverbs not?
- 1. proverbs are not promises
- 2. proverbs are not commands
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what two women are compared and contrasted in proverbs?
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the 30 sayings of proverbs 22-28 are similar to what document?
the egyptian document, the Instruction of Amenemope
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Qohelet in ecclesiastes has been translated in the KJV and NKJV as what?
preacher
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what does solomon mean when he said "vanity of vanities! all is vanity"?
everything is meaningless
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we reach our greatest potential as part of God's creation by doing what?
by obeying God
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many jewish scholars have interpreted song of songs as an allegory revealing what?
the love between Yahweh and israel
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what does the song of songs celebrate?
the sexual love between husband and wife
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What is Theodicy?
attempt to justify God's ways in world
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What does Eliphaz do when he rebukes Job?
he empahsises God's justice and purity and taught people that they bring trouble on themselves
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What does Bildad do when he rebuke's job?
traditional and he explained that individual who pursues wickedness should not be surprised at such punishment
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What does Zophar do when he rebuke's Job?
he considered self as rationalist and reasoned Job's punishment is no less than should be expected
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What was the theme of Job's first cycle of rebuking?
Job is guilty and deserves punishment
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What was the theme of Job's second cycle of rebuking?
He is not praying and the wicked and greedy deserve this punishment
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What was the theme of Job's third cycle of rebuking?
it is impossible to be righteous, so you deserve this punishment
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How does the Lord finally reveal himself to Job?
in a windstorm
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What two things does God say when he arrives to Job?
- 1) rebuked Job for ignorance
- 2) challenged Job with how strong he is compared to God
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What two events happen at the end of Job with God?
- 1) God reprimands Job's friends
- 2) God restores Job's fortunes
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Define proverb...
succint and persuasive saying proven true by experience in God's universe and how it operates
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What two things are proverbs not?
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What are two general types of wisdom literature? and explain them...
- 1) discoursive - grapples with difficult issues on life (pessimistic) (Job)
- 2) instructional - or didactic in nature (optimistic) (proverbs)
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define distichs...
saying in poetry two lines each
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One word to describe Job...
sovereignty
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one word to describe proverbs...
wisdom
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one word to describe ecclesiastes...
vanity
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one word to describe song of songs...
love...in marriage
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describe job...
- upright and blameless
- shuns evil
- richest man in east
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How does God restore Job's wealth and goods?
- 1) doubles his possessions
- 2) gives him best looking daughters in land
- 3) intercedes on behalf of friends
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what is the last verse in each section of psalms called?
doxology - description of praise to the lord that serves to "tie off" section
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what does ecclesiastes demonstrate?
how faith can triumph over doubt
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what does song of songs celebrate?
love between husband and wife
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what does ecclesiastes refer to?
leader or speaker of assembly
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what are two different approaches to song of songs explicit material?
- 1) typological - historical and illustrates intimacy with covenant bond with God and his people
- 2) allegorical - text relates hidden meanind. Not historical bu relates God's intimacy with his people
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how many sections is psalms divided into? and what do they correspond to?
- 5
- five books in the pentateuch
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what is the key word for psalms?
praise
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what is the highest praise?
hallelujah
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What books are known as Genesis in psalms?
psalms 1-41
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what books are known as exodus in psalms?
psalms 42-72
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what books are known as leviticus in psalms?
psalms 73-89
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what books are known as numbers in psalms?
psalms 90-106
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what books are known as deuteronomy in psalms?
psalms 107-150
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which book is known as the hallelujia chorus in psalms?
150
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what is the shortest chapter in the bible?
psalms 117
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what is the longest chapter in the bible?
psalms 119
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what is the center of the bible?
psalms 118:8
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who is the author of proverbs?
solomon
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who is the author of ecclesiastes?
solomon
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what verse seems to define the rest of proverbs?
proverbs 1:7
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what are the proverbs similar to?
confusious
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where does wisdom come from? knowledge?
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