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24 Cards in this Set
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Psalms are...
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collection of Israel's religious songs,poems, and prayers.
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Other Psalms found in...
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Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Canaan. these art forms were adapted to Israel's own theological needs.
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postexilic
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after babylonian
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parallelism
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two lines forming a unit of thought, the second line "parallel" to the first.
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SYNONYMOUS parallelism
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Same or similar repetition
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ANTITHETICAL parallelism
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gives contrasting thought
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EXPANDING parallelism
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second expands the first line
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literary devices
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meter, elipsis, alliteration, puns, acrostic.
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meter
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stresses per line: 3+3, 2+2
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elipsis
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element missing/ understood in second line
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alliteration
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repetition of same or similar sounds
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puns
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play on words
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acrostic
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alphabet pattern
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language of poetry
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emotive images, figures of speech, poetic symbolism
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timelessness of the psalms
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human identification
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we don't know any circumstances behind the psalms but we do know...
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whether the psalm is personal/individual or corporation/national.
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classification of psalms:
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lament, praise, hymn, royal, wisdom
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two types of praise psalms:
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thanksgiving & trust
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thanksgiving psalm
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recollect a specific situation in the past where God brought deliverance from distress.
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call to worship, distress/deliverance recalled, exhortation to praise
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trust psalm
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expression of confidence in God's faithfulness, but no specific situation.
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declarations of God's faithfulness, exhortation to praise.
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hymn psalm:
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a hymn of worship developing themes rather than specific situations.
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call to worship, development of theme, exhortation to praise
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hymn theme examples:
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creation, historical, zion/temple the law, enthronment.
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royal psalm
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originally connected with royal coronation, wedding, prayer for divine assistance for the king..
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form of both praise and lament psalms
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wisdom psalm
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characteristics of ancient wisdom both proverbial and speculative.
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better is the one who..., acrostic, wise vs. foolish, proverbial metaphors, instructional sayings, themes of retribution (blessing for the righteous, punishment for the wicked).
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