OT Poetic Literature

Question 1

how much is poetic in Bible?

Answer 1

1/3

Question 2

most common genre

Answer 2

narrative

Question 3

2nd most common

Answer 3

poetry

Question 4

expresses

Answer 4

emotional dimensions honestly

Question 5

2 very important things to remember about poetry

Answer 5

imagery and figures of speech

Question 6

3 characters of poetry

Answer 6

terseness, structure, figurative

Question 7

terse

Answer 7

few words, say it prosaically and think about the effect of the terse language

Question 8

structure, 5 types

Answer 8

parallelism: synonymous, developmental, illustrative, contrastive, formal

Question 9

figurative, 2 types

Answer 9

consider its emotional effect. 1. analogy, comparing one thing with another 2. substitution i.e, chariots and horses –> military forces

Question 10

terseness to think about

Answer 10

consider the effect of the terse language

Question 11

parallelism to think about

Answer 11

pay attention to what you two lines together do together/identify your parallelism

Question 12

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5

Answer 12

2 imagery and figures of speech
2 1. analogy, 2. substitution
3 terseness, structure, figurative
5 parallelism: synonymous, developmental, illustrative, contrastive, formal