Kethium (writings) Flashcards
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Writings are an exercise in….
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Addressing the problem of exile
Hurting outside body
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3rd part of biblical canon
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Writings aka kethium
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Writings provoked by….
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Exile
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Responses to exile in writings
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- Disbelief in Ecclesiastes (giving up)
- Stronger belief in Ezra and Neh
- Worship in psalms and Lamentations
- New way to behave in Ruth, Esther, and Dan 1-6
- Apocalypse in Dan 7-13
- Trying to live day by day in Proverbs
- Retell history in chronicles
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Characteristics of Ruth, Esther, and Dan
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People loving under foreign rule while maintaining loyalty to God through WISDOM