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38 Cards in this Set
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synonymous parallelism
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reputation of same thought, complement each other... The fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge of the holy one is understanding |
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antithetic parallelism
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two lines stand in sharp contrast... for the lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction |
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synthetic parallelism
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second line completes the thought of the first line... Ship your grain across the sea; after many dats you may receive a return. |
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Biblical Acrostics
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alphabetic poems, each line is the next letter of the alphabet.
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chiasm
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A, B B,A |
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Ugaritic
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similar language to hebrew used for clarity to rare Hebrew words provides background for polytheism |
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themes of poetic books
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Job: why good book suffer sometimes Psalms: songs from ancient Isreal Proverbs: practical guidelines of living song of songs: joy of romantic love |
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biographical details about Job
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-came from Uz (not isrealite) -blameless and upright, feared god and shunned evil -7 sons, 3 daughters -7,000 sheep, 3,000 camel, 500 oxen, 500 female donkey, many servants (wealthy af) |
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general setting of job
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God vs Satan (heavenly realm) genisis context |
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plot of job
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Satan takes: property & children (rips robe, shaves head) , health (painful boils- broken pottery) Wife advises him to curse God |
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conclusion of job
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God judges Jobs friends for their misunderstandings Jobs wealth is restored beyond what he originally had |
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3 friends of job
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Eliphaz: no one can live to Gods standards bildad: surely you deserve this, you did something wrong Zophar: surely you wronged someone along the way (lies about job) |
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Elihu speeches in job
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(isrealite, rectifies the situation) wisdom is from god, uses suffering to correct humankind, prayer is submission to correction, god is just, god is unaffected by things on earth, repentance is key |
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The lord finally speaks in job
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(wind) god speaks to job in questions job confesses ignorance and pride |
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psalms
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a songbook for ancient isreal complied after Babylonian exile |
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issues of authorship: psalms
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David: 73 Asaph: David's chief musician Songs of Korah: guild of temple singers Moses: Ps 90 Solomon: ps 72 and 127 50 are anonymous -- |
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individual books: psalms |
5 books within: 1-41 42-72 73-89 90-106 107-150 |
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Gunkle's genres: psalms
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HYMNS: praise/thanksgiving PENITENTIAL: confession of sin/request for forgiveness WISDOM: gen. observations on life ROYAL: isreal's kings as gods special ppl MESSIANIC: Messiah and his ministry IMPRECATORY: call of judgement on enemies LAMENT: (3 parts) statement of lament, statement of trust, affirmation of praise |
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issues of authorship: proverbs
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mostly solomon |
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What is a proverb?
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a wise say a short and persuasive statement proven by experience GENERAL TRUTH, timeless truth, usually true INSTRUCTION for all |
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Proverbs 7 rule
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7 sections, 7 verse intro, 7 verse main point
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7 sections of proverbs and meaning
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1. praise of wisdom: wisdom value and sexual purity value 2. proverbs Solomon: authentic parrallelism 3. sayings of the wise man: what a wise man should do 4. solomonic sayings from Hezekiah's collection: 5. sayings of agur: wise sayings of a worshipper of yaweh from arabia 6. sayings of lemuel: king should rule righteously 7. comments on an excellent wife |
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SOS: typological |
Truely historical events and represent Gods love for his church |
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Background of Isaiah |
"The lord has saved" 2 sons: Shear-Jashub and Maher-Shalal-Hash-Boaz Most quoted in NT |
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Historical context of Isaiah |
Judah guilty of rebellion; Assyrian crisis brought about destruction of Israel then threatened Judah |
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Call of Isaiah |
Vision of the lord seated on the throne Isaiah saw his sinfulness and Gods holiness The lips express the heart and will Seraph touched his lips with a coal to symbolize his signs being forgiven |
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Interaction with Ahaz |
A virgin would give birth to a son |
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Interaction with Hezekiah |
Under threat from sennacherib, prayed for deliverance. Angel of lord struck down Assyrian army; hezekiah healed, but then boastfully showed babylonians his treasures |
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Messianic bits |
Sign of Immanuel: Isaiah encouraged Ahaz, a virgin would give birth to a son. Messianic Era: the messiah is described in divine terms |
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SOS: allegorical |
Events are not historical but they represent gods love for the church |
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SOS: other interpretive option |
Some Israelites interpreted the book figuratively representing Yahweh and Israel |
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What are classical prophets |
Gods messengers (800-450bc) Isaiah-Malachi Message was for whole nation |
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Forerunners of classical prophets |
MOSES Samuel and Elijah- spokesmen of the Lord to the monarch, not literary |
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Common message of classical prophets |
All called by God, holy, declared future events, messengers of god, tell gods truth |
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Classical prophets also called |
Hozeh, ro'eh, nabi |
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Authorship of isaiah |
1-39: Isaiah 40-66: Deutero-Isaiah Some believed in 3rd Isaiah |
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Why dispute in authorship? |
Time span, difference in subject matter in the 2 sections, and Cyrus mentioned by name |
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Single authorship view: Isaiah |
All written by Isaiah, time span is irrelevant if you believe in prophecy, god can reveal whatever he wants, authors not limited to single subjects |
