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Wisdom Lit. BasicOT2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which books are Wisdom Literature? | Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs |
| Hokmah; Hochmah | Hebrew word for Wisdom |
| Fear of the Lord | Denotes piety in the positive sense of the word; possibly an exposition on TORAH. |
| Wisdom Genres? | Proverb, Allegory, Dialogue, Autobiographical Narrative, Prophetic Address |
| Types of Parallelism | Synonymous, Antithetic, Synthetic |
| Sitz im Leben | life setting - Form Criticism - Gunkel |
| Form Criticism | searches for the sitz im leben of the text, such as use in temple sacrifice. |
| Other Cultures who used Music in Worship | Egypt, Babylon, Syria |
| D&L Date of Job | open, not definite |
| Young's date of Job | around Solomon's time; before Ezekiel |
| Genre of Job | Wisdom Debate |
| Main Structure of Job | 3 cycles of dialogues |
| Job's main point | How to respond to human suffering |
| The Book of Job argues against this view | Since you suffer, you must have sinned. |
| Main Theological Theme in several Wisdom books? | God as Creator |
| When was Psalms composed? | Between David's time and Ezra's time probably, 1000-500BC |
| Who wrote Psalms? | David and others (mentioned in book) |
| Different Numbering of Psalm titles | English - no number Hebrew - title = verse1 |
| Mowinckel | used Form Criticism to try and find the Sitz im Leben for all the Psalms |
| Enthronement Psalms | Psalms which Mowinckel tied to a Babylonian New Year Festival baptized by Israelites. |
| Structure of Psalms? | 5 books - each ends with a doxology; 1 and 2 function as introduction, book 4 is the heart. |
| D&L types of Psalms | Hymn, Lament, Thanksgiving, Confidence, Remembrance, Wisdom, Kingship, imprecatory |
| Themes in Psalms | 1)God as Creator 2)Man as God's subject 3) God as the Ruler |
| Basis of Proverbs | Fear of the Lord |
| Author of Proverbs | Solomon; likely compiled from his own wisdom and that of others. |
| Social Setting | Von Rad - Royal Scribes working for the King |
| Genre | 1)Discourses (1-9) 2)Proverbs (10-31) |
| Are Proverbs Timeless Truths | Not always; some are for particular circumstances |
| Comparable Literature to Proverbs | Found in Egpyt, Sumeria, Aramaic Ahiqar text |
| Maat | Egyptian word which refers to order and harmony of creation |
| Structure of Proverbs | 1) 1-9 discourses 2) 10-31 Proverbs |
| Name one scholar who says Proverbs is/was purely secular | Eissfeldt |
| Hebrew name for Ecclesiastes | Qoheleth |
| Qoheleth means | teacher or preacher |
| Author of Ecclesiastes | Son of David (1:1-2); |
| Crenshaw dates Ecclesiastes | 250ish BC |
| Name given to Structure of Ecclesiastes | Frame Narrative |
| Key Term in Ecclesiastes | Vanity/Meaningless |
| Main Point of Ecclesiastes | Fear God and keep his commands |
| Similar Texts to Ecclesiastes Found | Mesopotamia, Egypt |
| Gilgamesh and Ecclesiastes | metaphor of wind |
| Egypt and Ecclesiastes | pessimism and frame narratives |
| Ecclesiastes aware of what Biblical Text | Genesis 1-4 |
| Song of Solomon after what book (Hebrew) | Job |
| Song of Solomon after what book (Greek) | Ecclesiastes |
| Authorship | Solomon from title, and he's mentioned 7 times. |
| Why do some say Solomon did not write Song | Greek and Persian loan words... |
| Genre of Song of Songs? | collection of Poetry (D&L) |
| 2 main ways Song of Songs is interpreted | Allegorical (God and his people), Literal (sexual love) |
| Structure of Song of Solomon According to Merrill | Chiasm |
| Song of Songs seems connected to what text? | Genesis 2 |
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