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36 Cards in this Set
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Meter
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Patterns of repetition written under the influence of strong emotion.
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Parallelism
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Feature of Hebrew poetry in which at least two parallel lines or verses complement each other in some way.
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Chiasm
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The repetition of the same elements in inverted order a-b-b-a; or if a middle element is present: a-b-c-b-a.
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Acrostics
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A poetic device where the initial signs of each line spell something meaningful.
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Ugartic
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Important city-state and ruins that help understand both the culture and language of ancient Israel.
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Akkadian
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East Semetic language spoken in ancient Mesopotamian.
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Cuneiform
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A form of writing in which corner of a squared-ended stylus is pressed into wet clay to produce a set of triangular wedges.
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Polytheism
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The belief in many Gods.
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Ptah-hotep
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The Egyptian Middle Kingdom wisdom texts containing proverbial advice, admonitions, and worldly observation that Ptah-hotep would pass on to his young successor.
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Uz
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The homeland of Job, east of Israel.
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Edom
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Supposed land of the descendants of Esau, located south east of Palestine
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Wisdom Literature
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a genre of literature common in the Ancient Near East. Biblically, the Book of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs.
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Theodicy
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the study of the problem of evil in the world.
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Behemoth
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A beast mentioned in Job 40:15–24. Suggested identities range from amythological creature to an elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros or crocodile.
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Leviathan
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A sea monster referenced in the the Old Testament only 6 times.
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Outline the five-fold structure of Psalms
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Divisions of Psalms: 1-41; 42-72; 73-89; 90-106; 107-150.
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Hymn
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Structured- Call to Worship,
Description of God’s Actions or Attributes, ConcludingCall to Obedience & Praise . |
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Individual Lament
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Structured.
Address to God; Preliminary cry for help, Complaint describing Sufferingof Individual, Confession of Trust in God based on Past, Appeal to God’sreputation, Petition for rescue, Vow of Praise. |
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Thanksgiving
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Similar to a lament in content and structure but contains proclamationsof love and praise,
poetic recollection, a petition, and renewal of praise. |
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Imprecatory
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Call for God's judgment on the psalmist's enemies.
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Psalms
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Meaning praise, song, or hymn; a book in the Bible containing songs fromHebrew religious life and worship.
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Royal Psalms
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Psalms that focus on Israel's king.
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Messianic Psalms
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Describe the Messiah, or God's anointed one.
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Divine Enthronement Psalms
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Celebrating God's role as king.
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Hermann Gunkel
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Laid down the foundation for study of psalm classification.
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Amenemope
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Egyptian document of instruction similar to Proverbs 22:20.
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Proverb
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Brief persuasive saying usually true based on experience.
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Distichs
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Starting with a brief statement followed by an antithetical statement.
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Qohleth
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Speculated to be one who leads an assembly, proper way to describe is aphilosopher than a teacher.
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Gilgamesh
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Parallel of Ecclesiastes, reminder to Gilgamesh from Siduri that we all face death and must learnto enjoy life regardless.
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Vulgate
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Latin translation of the Bible written by Jerome about 400 AD.
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Septuagint
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Translation of the OT into Greek that dates about 300-200 BC.
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Allegory
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Story that contains hidden or symbolic meaning.
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Levirate Marriage
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Law of the OT providing children for a deceased.
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Lament
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A psalm or song that typically contains:
the bemoaning of one’scondition, stating of the psalmist’s trust in God to bring him through histrials, and some kind of praise that God has heard his prayer and willeventually intervene. |
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Syncretism
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Attempt to unite or reconcile opposing beliefs or practices
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