Test 3 Flashcards
Basic Elements of Hebrew poetry
Meter, PARALLELISM, chiasm, acrostics
Why is the book of Job important?
It examines the question of why good people suffer
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Job is important because it looks at why good people sometimes suffer
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the book of psalms has given us many songs from ancient Israel
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Proverbs provides us with practical guidelines for living
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Ecclesiastes explores the meaning of life.
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Song of Songs focuses on the joy of romantic love.
what was unique about hebrew wisdom literature when compared with other ancient wisdom literature?
Because it had a thoroughly monotheistic view, which was very rare
Define Theodicy
the attempt to justify God’s ways in the world
Where did Job’s three friends place the blame for his calamity.
They continue to place the blame on Job.
Central message of Job as it is implied in the hymn to wisdom
Wisdom belongs ultimately to God, and all human attempts to grasp it or contain it are doomed to failure.
What was Job’s main contention in the argument he presented?
He claimed that his punishment and suffering far exceeded his guilt.
When the Lord challenged Job what was Job’s response?
He was silent, could not even speak to the lord.
Hymn’s
songs of praise and thanksgiving to God for who he is and what he has done
Penitential
confess sorrow for sin appeal to God for grace and forgiveness
Wisdom
General observations on life, especially God and our relationship to him
Royal
Focus on the king as a son of David and as God’s chosen man to rule his people
Messianic
Describe some aspect of the Messiah’s person or ministry
Imprecatory
call for God’s judgement against God’s enemies and/or his peoples enemies
Lament
Lament one’s condition’ usually include statement of lament, statement of trust in God and affirmation of praise to him
what does the textbook say proverbs teach about knowledge
that it is primarily relational
What was the teacher’s purpose in writing Ecclesiastes?
So that people don’t make the same mistakes he did, and that life without God is meaningless
What does Ecclesiastes teach is the only hope of enduring the present?
To obey God, and his commandments.
What is the main theme of Song of Song’s?
To show what a healthy erotic sexual relationship with one’s spouse could be like.
