Test 3 Flashcards
Meaning of Job’s name
- persecuted one
- to repent; enemy
- where is Father
date of Job
pre - post exilic
audience of Job
timeless, everyone after exile from Eden
Job setting
- Earthly: during Patriarch times, Uz
- Heavenly: dialogue btwn God and Satan
Uz
outside Promise Land, region of Edom, present day Jordan
unique perspective of author and reader
omniscient view, readers know more than characters
Purposes of Job
- Job’s integrity
- problem of evil
- superiority of divine wisdom over human wisdom
retribution theology
obey/ disobey the Lord and be blessed/ cursed
Job’s 3 friends
Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar
The 4th friend
Elihu, younger
Job’s 1st challenge from God
Do you know how the universe works
Job’s 2nd challenge from God
Do you understand God’s justice and power
orthodoxy
right teaching
Job themes
- Oversimplified
- Superiority of God’s wisdom
Job Anticipation of the Gospel
- Jesus as Supreme Manifestation of God’s wisdom
- Jesus as THE Righteous Sufferer
What did the Jews call Psalms
Praises “Tehillim”
Psalms in the Septuigint
psalmos - song or hymn
Psalms date
1,000 year period; Moses time to Babylonian captivity
location of Psalms
wilderness, Israel, Judah, and Babylon
Authors of Psalms
Moses, David, Solomon, Asaph, Sons of Korah, Heman, and Ethan
Divisions of Psalms
- Book 1 (1-41)
- Book 2 (42-72)
- Book 3 (73-89)
- Book 4 (90-106)
- Book 5 (107-150)
doxology
ascription of praises to the Lord, separates the books
use of Psalms
- Worship
- express feelings
- instruction
- remembrance
types of Psalms
- Lament, hymns
- penitential, wisdom
- Royal, imprecatory
- messianic
lament psalms
- 1/3 of psalms
1. laments
2. express trust
3. praises
penitential psalms
confess sorrow for sin
imprecatory
call for God’s judgment
messianic psalms
describes aspect of Messiah
parallelism in Psalms
- synonymous- repetition of thought
- antithetical- 2 lines in contrast
- synthetic- 2nd line competes thought of 1st line
most quoted psalm
Psalm 110
Themes of Psalms
- God’s Law
- God’s salvation thru Messiah
- Thanksgiving and Praises to God
Psalms Anticipation of the Gospel
- About - characteristics of God are descriptions of Jesus
- To - psalmist’s expressed emotions are addressed to God
- Of - our groanings become Christ’s
