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Poetry books

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What are the 2 major classifications of literature in this unit?   Hebrew Poetry & Wisdom Literature  
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Hebrew Poetry characteristics   no rhyme, hardly ever has meter, can have stanzas, has structure & elegance, parallelism  
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Synonymous Parallelism   saying same thing twice  
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contrasting parallelism   saying one thing in 2 ways  
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progressive parallelism   2nd line continues 1st line  
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chiastic synonymous parallelism   2nd one inverted  
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Name the 3 friends who stay with Job & tell speeches   Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar  
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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  
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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.  
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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  
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What does Yahweh's speech do?   emphasizes the difference between Job & God *stop pretending you can figure me out*  
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What we cannot learn from Job...   the answer  
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extended chiasm   ex: mind ears eyes eyes ears mind  
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alphabetic acrostics   22 verses long & are a progression of the Hebrew alphabet  
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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.  
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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  
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What is necessary part of the equation of God, D.T., & Job triangle?   grace  
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tehillim   songs of praise Hebrew  
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psalmoi   songs accompanied by stringed instruments Greek  
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Selah   praise  
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Praise Psalms   directed at God & characteristics  
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Thanksgiving Psalms   focuses on what God has done  
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Penitential Psalms   Repentance  
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Wisdom Psalms   sounds more like Proverbs a prayer asking God for wisdom  
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Royal Psalms   associated with the king & for coronation  
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Laments   for when your sad author or nations grief  
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Imprecatory Psalms   or Vengence calling down God's wrath on your enemies  
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Lectio Divina   divine reading  
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Provers are   succinct & persuasive sayings encouraging behaviors that has been proven generally helpful by experience  
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The words of King Lemuel are brought to him by who?   his mother taught him  
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Proverbs are _________, not __________.   guidelines not guarentees  
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Proverbs give _______, not _________.   counsel not commands  
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What things are not in Proverbs?   Abraham, Covenant, Moses, David, formation of the law  
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?What thing or themes are in Proverbs?   speech, family, work, wealth, pride, temptation, sex, alcohol  
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What is the purpose of Proverbs?   written for young men in the ear of the kings to tell them about higher society  
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What is Sirach usually about?   harsh about women  
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Qoheleth   hebrew title of Ecclesiastes  
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Provers are   succinct & persuasive sayings encouraging behaviors that has been proven generally helpful by experience  
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The words of King Lemuel are brought to him by who?   his mother taught him  
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What things are not in Proverbs?   Abraham, Covenant, Moses, David, formation of the law  
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?What thing or themes are in Proverbs?   speech, family, work, wealth, pride, temptation, sex, alcohol  
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What is the purpose of Proverbs?   written for young men in the ear of the kings to tell them about higher society  
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What is Sirach usually about?   harsh about women  
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Qoheleth   hebrew title of Ecclesiastes which is Greek  
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What is the literal meaning of Qoheleth?   a gatherer of sayings or ideas  
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definition of vanity   temporariness or emptiness  
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vanity of vanities   supreme emptiness  
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what does ecc say about death?   everybody dies & happens in a variety of ways  
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what is one recurring theme in ecc?   eat drink & go about your work  
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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  
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Name the book: "wisdom is better than folly, but a little folly outweighs much wisdom.   Ecclesiastes  
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Name the book: This book is sufficient for you, but there are innumerable others.   Ecclesiastes  
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Name the book: wisdom exceed strength, but neither is remembered long   Ecclesiastes  
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Name the book: the book you have just read is pleasant & easy to understand   Ecclesiastes  
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Name the book: humans, even the righteous ones, suffer the same fate as animals   Ecclesiastes  
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Name the book: take advantage of your youth, but know that you'll be judged for it   Ecclesiastes  
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Name the book: it is good to live long, but it also means more suffering   ecclesiastes  
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Name the book: wisdom far exceeds foolishness, yet both wise & foolish die   ecclesiastes  
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Name the book: work is good, but skill is the result of envy   ecclesiastes  
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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  
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Name the book: Better is the wickedness of a man than a woman who does good; it is woman who brings shame & disgrace.   sirach  
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