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How do you explain siumilarties between ANE wisdom literature and biblical texts?
Commonality of the subjects discussed.
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What are the main differences between ANE and hebrew wisdom
"View of God, creation and mankind (Prov 1:7)"
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define wisdom
wisdom is the discipline of applying truth to one's life in light of experience
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wisdom is not primarily an intellectual assest but as a ____
skill for life
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what are the traditional wisdom literature books?
"Job, Ecclesiastes, Proverbs"
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how hebrew and ANE wisdom different on creation?
"Chaos, vs. created, ordered purposeful"
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what's the goal of wisdom literature?
1) formation of chacter 2) living in harmony w G's creation 3) fear of the lord
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name 3 priciples of interpreting proverbs
"1) memorable, not technically precise, 2) generally true priciples 3) should be read in context"
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what is parallelism?
nature of the relationship between 2 paralell lines in Hebrew poetry
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name 2 reasons why paralellism is used
1) emphasise contrast 2) express harmony
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how is the English title of Ecclesiastes derived?
ecclesia - someone who brings the assmebly togther
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what does Qohelt mean?
words of the teacher
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what role does Qohelet play in Ecclesiastes?
person the author is quoting
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what's the date of Eccesiastes if you accept Solomonic authoriship?
950 BC
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what's the date of Ecclesiastes if no Solomonic authorithip?
500-200 BC
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when was Eccesiastes officially accpted into canon?
counncil of Jamnia 90 AD
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name 3 problems with the structure of ecclesiastes
1) apparent hereitcal statements 2) apparent contraditions 3) no sustained thematic development
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name 3 approaches to structural difficules
1) multiple authors 2) confused thinker 3) unmarked quotations
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what's the pessimisitc view of ecc?
"""good as it gets"", make the best of it"
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what is optimistic view of ecc?
fpcues on positive statements. Eccl is Hopeful but optimistic too far
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what is the deistic view of Ecc?
written from a deistic perspective
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what is existentialist view of Ecc?
"humans create their own meaning, no real meaning. Some truth, but not like post-modern view b/c meaning comes from G"
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what is REALISTIC view of Ecc?
help us lean to live with tentions of the positive and negative points in book
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what is the theme of Ecc?
all is hebel
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name 5 things which are hebel
1) Toil 2) Wisdom 3) Righteouesnss 4) Wealth 6) youth
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what is the purpose of ecc? Cite a scripture
"fear God and keep his commandments, he will bring every act to judgment. Ecc 12:13-14"
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What is the literal meaning of Hebel?
breath
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what are the 5 ways hebel is used in Eccl?
1) Futile 2) Absurd 3) Transient 4) Enigma 5) Foulness
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what does yiton mean?
advantage/profit
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why is yitron significant?
Qohelt arguments nothing we produce will last / no project
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what are the 5 clues for reading Eccl
"1) Read the end of the book first 2) Realize that ""vanity"" not always vanity 3) Drop expectation of a single plot 4) Recognize tention between wisdom teaching and experience 5) Is early book, primitive understanding of after-life"
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what is the driving question of Eccl
what advantage does man have for all his work under the sun (1:3)
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what does TOIL mean in Ecc?
"anxious, painful work"
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"what does ""under the son"" mean?"
during one's lifetime
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what are the 3 illustrations of no lasting profit in 1:3-11?
1) Nature 2) Human Activity 3) Human Existence
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"what does ""nothing new under the son mean?"""
nothing categorically new
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"summarize 1:3-11. ""A generate comes and goes�nothing new under the sun"""
"despite all the activity, there is apparently no lasting profit"
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what does chasint the win mean?
"lot of activity, but not accomlishing anything"
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"what does ""what is crocked cannot be straighted mean?"
human labor or wisdom can't change a world under G's judgment
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What's the conclusion of Qohelet's investigation?
"search for wisdom heavy burden, chasing after the wind"
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why does Qohelt say wisdom brought him pain?
more exposed to what's going on in real life - ministry is messy
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