PSALMS(STAWN)

Question 1

5 Books

Answer 1

150 Psalms in 5 Books/Sections (cf. Pentateuch)
Book 1: 1-41
Book 2: 42-72
Book 3: 73-89
Book 4: 90-106 
Book 5: 107-150 (150)

Question 2

Subcollections

Answer 2

“Davidic” Psalms (3-41; 51-65; 68-70)
Asaphite (50; 73-83)
Korahite (42-49; 84-85; 87-88)
Songs of Ascent (120-135)

Question 3

Main Types (2/3rds)
GUNKEL
(FORM CRITICISM)

Answer 3

Hymns (e.g., Pss 8, 19, 29, 47)
Communal Laments (e.g., Pss 44, 74, 79, 80)
Royal Psalms (e.g., Pss 2, 18, 20, 21)
Individual Laments (e.g., Pss 3, 5, 13, 22)
Individual Songs of Thanksgiving (e.g., Pss 18, 30, 32, 34)

Question 4

Subtypes (1/3rd)

Answer 4

songs of pilgrimage, wisdom psalms, mixed types, etc.

Question 5

3 MAIN TYPES(Strawn)

Answer 5

• Hymns
• Laments
• Thanksgivings
  2 Primary Iterations
  Individual & Communal

Question 6

Sigmund Mowinckel

Answer 6

Need to focus on the setting in the life of the cult.

• Every Psalm played a role within the cult
• Most people don’t think he was right

Question 7

The Four on Poetry

Answer 7

• Poetic Function
• Parallelism
• Imagery/Metaphor
• Lyricism/Episodicity

Question 8

Synonymous (or affirming)

Parallelism/Lowth

Answer 8

A) I called to the LORD out of my distress,

B) and he answered me

Question 9

Antithetical (or opposing)

Parallelism/Lowth

Answer 9

A) Hear, my child, your father’s instruction

B) and do not reject your mother’s teaching.

Question 10

Synthetic (or advancing)

Parallelism/Lowth

Answer 10

A) He has broken down his booth like a garden, he has destroyed his tabernacle;
B) the LORD has abolished in Zion festival and Sabbath,
and in his wrath has spurned king and priest. (Lam 2:6; NRSV)

Question 11

Bruggeman’s Typology

Answer 11

• Orientation(Hymns)

- Disorientation(Laments

Question 12

Why is Bruggeman’s Typology so important?

Answer 12

Because it’s the only significant typology that is different from Gunkel’s. He is interested in the form and function within the season of life. The function of the psalm depends on who, how, and when they say them.
- If the psalm of praise is said through clenched teeth, could be a song of disorientation.(BAS)

Question 13

Praise is a ________ act.

Answer 13

liturgical, poetic, doxological, trusting, evangelical, audacious, knowing, polemical, political act

Question 14

KEY POINT

Answer 14

Disorientation too, is all about life with God.

Question 15

Psalm 13

Form of Lament Psalm - Bruggeman

Answer 15

• Quintessential Lament Psalm
• Introduction
• Complaint
• Petition
• Confession of Trust
• Vow of Praise

Question 16

Words of Assurance?

Dominant Theory

Answer 16

How one moves from “Complaint and Petition” to “Confession”.

Question 17

Psalm 88

Answer 17

• the only psalm that doesn’t end in praise