Lesson 1: Introduction to Wisdom Literature Flashcards

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What are the 5 Catholic Principles of Interpretation?

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(1) Dual authorship
(2) Canonical exegesis
(3) In the light of the analogy of faith
(4) In the light of Church teaching
(5) Four senses

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What are:
(1) Dual authorship
(2) Canonical exegesis
(3) In the light of the analogy of faith
(4) In the light of Church teaching
(5) Four sense

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5 Catholic Principles of Interpretation

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What are the 12 phases of Biblical history?

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Creation
Flood
Patriarchs
Exodus
Conquest
Judges
Kingdom(s)/Temple
Exile
Return from Exile
Maccabees
Christ
Church

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What are:
Creation, Flood, Patriarchs, Exodus, Conquest, Judges, Kingdom(s)/Temple, Exile, Return from Exile, Maccabees, Christ, Church

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The 12 phases of Biblical history

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What is the paradigm for Wisdom?

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  • Is from God
  • Given to Man
  • Requires cooperation to make on wise
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What is this paradigm:
- Is from God
- Given to Man
- Requires cooperation to make one wise

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The paradigm for Wisdom

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What is the paradigm of wisdom equal to?

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The Tree of Life

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What paradigm is the tree of life equal to?

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The paradigm of wisdom

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What is the life of Solomon (5x-8x)?

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  • King over Israel and some gentiles
  • Rules in Edenic times
  • Acquires Wisdom from God to:
    • Govern
    • Discern - between good and evil
    • Worship aright
  • Builds Temple
  • Fall
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Whose life is this:
- King over Israel and some gentiles
- Rules in Edenic times
- Acquires Wisdom from God to:
- Govern
- Discern - between good and evil
- Worship aright
- Builds Temple
- Fall

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The life of Solomon

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Who is the font and patron of Wisdom literature?

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Solomon

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What is Solomon the font and patron of?

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Wisdom literature

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13
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What is Wisdom in Hebrew?

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ḥôkmāh

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What does ḥôkmāh mean?

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Wisdom (in Hebrew)

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What kind of wisdom is ḥôkmāh (x2)?

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ḥôkmāh = intelligence, skill, instinct of animals
Skill, especially with the spoken or written word

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What means intelligence, skill, or instinct of animals in Hebrew?

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ḥôkmāh

17
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What poetic structure is normally used in Wisdom literature?

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Bicola

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What is bicola?

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Two lines of poetry set in parallelism to each other, referred to as a single unit
A poetic structure normally used in Wisdom literature

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What are two lines of poetry set in parallelism to each other and referred to as a single unit called?

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A bicola

20
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What are the main 3 kinds of parallelism?

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Synonymous paralellism
Antithetical parallelism
Synthetic parallelism

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Synonymous, antithetical, and synthetics are all types of what?

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Parallelism

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What is synonymous parallelism?

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Where one repeats in the second part what has already been expressed in the first, while simply varying the words.

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What is the structure when one repeats in the second part what has already been expressed in the first, while simply varying the words?

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Synonymous parallelism

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What is antithetical parallelism?

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A form of parallelism where the meaning of two or more excerpts of text are observed, although directly linked by providing the same meaning from differing perspectives.

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What is a form of parallelism where the meaning of two or more excerpts of text are observed, although directly linked by providing the same meaning from differing perspectives?

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Antithetical parallelism

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What is synthetic parallelism?

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A form of parallelism where the completion or expansion of the idea of the first part is in the second part.

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What is a form of parallelism where the completion or expansion of the idea of the first part is in the second part called?

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Synthetical parallelism

28
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How could you describe the characteristics of the proverbs?

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Terse and dense

29
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What kind of literature is terse and dense?

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Proverbs

30
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What are 4 reasons to believe that there was a class of “the wise” in Israel?

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  • ANE analogues
  • Necessary for the bureaucracy of the kingdom
  • Literary deposit
  • It was most clearly a class in the postexilic era
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What do these 4 points so the argument for:
- ANE analogues
- Necessary for the bureaucracy of the kingdom
- Literary deposit
- It was most clearly a class in the postexilic era

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A class of “the wise”

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Who are the Scribes?

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Scribes:
- bureaucrats/retainers
- “Scribal curriculum entails the study, memorization, and reproduction of long duration texts”
- Some ascend as true masters
- In postexilic, exemplified by the Sage, such as Ben Sira
- Pedagogue

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Who are:
- bureaucrats/retainers
- Their “curriculum entails the study, memorization, and reproduction of long duration texts”
- Some ascend as true masters
- In postexilic, exemplified by the Sage, such as Ben Sira
- Pedagogue

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Scribes