Psalms, Lamentations, Song of Songs

Question 1

Song of Solomon - 2:8-13

Answer 1

Images of beloved, lover, and creation

Question 2

Lamentations 1:1-6 - in Exile, what has become of Zion’s lover and friends?

Answer 2

Zion mourns for on one comes to her festivals, the city is deserted; a widow
no one is there to comfort her

Question 3

Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-24 What comes before talk of God’s love and faithfulness?

Question 4

Psalms Key Themes

Answer 4

Humanity, World, God

Question 5

Psalms Key Types

Answer 5

Imprecatory, Royal, Trust
- This is an ancient Songbook, Poetry

Question 6

Psalms MPV

Answer 6

Ps 23:4 “even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”

Question 7

Lamentations Key Themes

Answer 7

-Utter Grief, Praise?,

Question 8

Lamentations Setting

Answer 8

588-587 as the Babylonian war machine starves the people of Jerusalem, then burst through its walls, killing deporting, destroying

Question 9

MPV Lamentations

Answer 9

“they (God’s compassions) are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lam. 3:23

Question 10

Song of Songs Key Themes

Answer 10

-Highly erotic poetry

Question 11

Song of Songs MPV

Answer 11

“Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grace, Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame.” Son 8:6

Question 12

Features of Hebrew Poetry

Answer 12

-Symbolism/Imagery
-Repetition
-Wordplay
-Meter
-Parallelism

Question 13

Types of Parallelism

Answer 13

-Synonymous (Second line says something similar to first)
-Contrasting (The second line says something contrasting)
-Chiastic Second line reinforces first but switches order (makes and x)
-Progressive- reinforces but takes it up a notch with a metaphor etc