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Bible Unit III
Poetry books
Question | Answer |
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What are the 2 major classifications of literature in this unit? | Hebrew Poetry & Wisdom Literature |
Hebrew Poetry characteristics | no rhyme, hardly ever has meter, can have stanzas, has structure & elegance, parallelism |
Synonymous Parallelism | saying same thing twice |
contrasting parallelism | saying one thing in 2 ways |
progressive parallelism | 2nd line continues 1st line |
chiastic synonymous parallelism | 2nd one inverted |
Name the 3 friends who stay with Job & tell speeches | Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar |
What is Job's response to his friends? | 4 D's Declares his innocence Demands an audience with God but even that won't help Deliberates God's goodness but he is wise & all powerful Delivers retrbution theology |
Who is Elihu? | younger man than Job's friends. He got angry at Job's friends because they found no answer & at Job for justifying himself rather than God. |
What 4 things does Yahweh's speech not do? | answer Job's questions hear Job's case address the friends' point mention the accuser/satan |
What does Yahweh's speech do? | emphasizes the difference between Job & God *stop pretending you can figure me out* |
What we cannot learn from Job... | the answer |
extended chiasm | ex: mind ears eyes eyes ears mind |
alphabetic acrostics | 22 verses long & are a progression of the Hebrew alphabet |
numeric progression | ex: proverbs 30:18-19 3 things are too wonderful for me; 4 I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, & the way of a man with a girl. |
what are the 4 things mentioned about speaking our mind in prayer? | 1-God can take it 2-God already knows 3-venting 4-warning |
What is necessary part of the equation of God, D.T., & Job triangle? | grace |
tehillim | songs of praise Hebrew |
psalmoi | songs accompanied by stringed instruments Greek |
Selah | praise |
Praise Psalms | directed at God & characteristics |
Thanksgiving Psalms | focuses on what God has done |
Penitential Psalms | Repentance |
Wisdom Psalms | sounds more like Proverbs a prayer asking God for wisdom |
Royal Psalms | associated with the king & for coronation |
Laments | for when your sad author or nations grief |
Imprecatory Psalms | or Vengence calling down God's wrath on your enemies |
Lectio Divina | divine reading |
Provers are | succinct & persuasive sayings encouraging behaviors that has been proven generally helpful by experience |
The words of King Lemuel are brought to him by who? | his mother taught him |
Proverbs are _________, not __________. | guidelines not guarentees |
Proverbs give _______, not _________. | counsel not commands |
What things are not in Proverbs? | Abraham, Covenant, Moses, David, formation of the law |
?What thing or themes are in Proverbs? | speech, family, work, wealth, pride, temptation, sex, alcohol |
What is the purpose of Proverbs? | written for young men in the ear of the kings to tell them about higher society |
What is Sirach usually about? | harsh about women |
Qoheleth | hebrew title of Ecclesiastes |
Provers are | succinct & persuasive sayings encouraging behaviors that has been proven generally helpful by experience |
The words of King Lemuel are brought to him by who? | his mother taught him |
What things are not in Proverbs? | Abraham, Covenant, Moses, David, formation of the law |
?What thing or themes are in Proverbs? | speech, family, work, wealth, pride, temptation, sex, alcohol |
What is the purpose of Proverbs? | written for young men in the ear of the kings to tell them about higher society |
What is Sirach usually about? | harsh about women |
Qoheleth | hebrew title of Ecclesiastes which is Greek |
What is the literal meaning of Qoheleth? | a gatherer of sayings or ideas |
definition of vanity | temporariness or emptiness |
vanity of vanities | supreme emptiness |
what does ecc say about death? | everybody dies & happens in a variety of ways |
what is one recurring theme in ecc? | eat drink & go about your work |
Name the book: "Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If one offered for love all the wealth of one's house, it would be utterly scorned." | Song of Songs |
Name the book: "wisdom is better than folly, but a little folly outweighs much wisdom. | Ecclesiastes |
Name the book: This book is sufficient for you, but there are innumerable others. | Ecclesiastes |
Name the book: wisdom exceed strength, but neither is remembered long | Ecclesiastes |
Name the book: the book you have just read is pleasant & easy to understand | Ecclesiastes |
Name the book: humans, even the righteous ones, suffer the same fate as animals | Ecclesiastes |
Name the book: take advantage of your youth, but know that you'll be judged for it | Ecclesiastes |
Name the book: it is good to live long, but it also means more suffering | ecclesiastes |
Name the book: wisdom far exceeds foolishness, yet both wise & foolish die | ecclesiastes |
Name the book: work is good, but skill is the result of envy | ecclesiastes |
Name the book: where ther is an untrustworthy wife, a seal is a good thing; and where ther are many hands, lock things up. | sirach |
Name the book: Better is the wickedness of a man than a woman who does good; it is woman who brings shame & disgrace. | sirach |