Introduction to Poetry and Wisdom Literature & Psalms Flashcards
What are the two general aspects of poetry?
rhythm and rhyme
The ideas of pride destroying and pride causing one to fall “rhyme” with each other. This special aspect of Hebrew poetry is called ___.
parallelism
The first part makes a statement and the second part repeats the statement in a different way.
Synonymous/Repeating
The first part makes a statement and the second part tells the opposite of that statement.
Antithetic/Opposite
The first part makes a statement and the second part completes the idea started by the first.
Synthetic/Completing
Who is the author of the majority of Psalms?
David
The book of Psalms is a collection of ___ written throughout the History of Israel.
Songs
psalm/hymn
song of praise to God
corporate worship
all the people of God gathering together to worship God
genre
a category of artistic work; i.e., music, literature, painting
The Israelites used the book of Psalms as a ___ for their corporate worship.
hymnal/song book
The book of Psalms is divided into ___ books that together loosely move through the history of Israel from Moses to the return from Babylon.
5
Within the book of Psalms you will encounter 150 individual songs that run the full spectrum of human emotion, particularly in dealing with man’s relationship to ___.
God
praise God for who He is and what He has done
Praise
thank God for answering prayers
Thanksgiving
