Psalms/Psalter

Question 1

Tanakah arragement:

Answer 1

according to authority, and to the development of the canon

Question 2

exception to the rule of Tanakh:

Answer 2

the Psalms

Question 3

The Five Megilloth (Festival Scrolls)

Answer 3

song of songs (Passover), Ruth (Shavout), Lamentations (Tisha B’Av), Ecclesiastes (Sukkot), and Esther (Purim)

Question 4

Psalter definition

Answer 4

a collection of individual Psalms, gradually accumulated over centuries

Question 5

individual Psalms are grouped together to form:

Answer 5

smaller collections

Question 6

how many “books” is the Psalter arranged into?

Answer 6

arranged into 5 “books”, to parallel the Torah

Question 7

many psalms begin with:

Answer 7

a superscription

Question 8

purposes of form criticism

Answer 8

classifies units of scripture according to identified literary patterns and seeks to identify the social setting from which the work came

Question 9

where were the Psalms used?

Answer 9

in temple worship

Question 10

contemporary scholarship suggests what about the Psalms in the Psalter?

Answer 10

there might be an overarching logic to the ordering

Question 11

Psalms 1-2 provide:

Answer 11

a thematic introduction to the entire book

Question 12

Psalms 146-150 are known as:

Answer 12

the “Hallelujah” psalms, providing a fitting ending to Psalms

Question 13

what does the turning point between books 3 and 4 represent?

Answer 13

the lamenting loss of kingship in Israel (in 586 BCE) is further reinforced by the kinds of psalms found on either side

Question 14

The Psalter moves from:

Answer 14

despair to hope