Psalms And Jeremiah - Ryken's

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royal psalms

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deal with the king

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penitential psalms

Back 2

deal with sin and repentance (7 total)

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messianic psalms

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foreshadow the life of Christ

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pilgrim psalms

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recited as worshipers went on pilgrimages to the temple

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imprecatory psalms

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call down God's curse on enemies

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key characters?

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-God
-angels
-"gods of the earth"

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synonymous parallelism

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2nd line repeats the though of the 1st line in similar GRAMMATICAL form

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antithetic parallelism

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2nd line repeats content of the 1st line in a CONTRASTING way

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synthetic parallelism

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2nd line completes the thought of the 1st line

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climatic parallelism

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2nd line completes the 1st line, repeating part of and adding to it

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Key doctrines

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-Nature of God
-Human Nature
-Nature and Physical Creation
-Sin and Evil
-Worship

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Lyric poems

two types:

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centered around a central idea

two types:
1) emotional/affective
2) meditative/reflective

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Poem structure (3 part idea):

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1) Introduction
2) Development
3) Resolution

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Lament Psalms ( ___ of the book)

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(1/3 of the book)
-contains threats, slandering of enemies, depression, doubt, guilt, complaints, cries to God, vows to praise God, statements of confidence in God, petitions, etc

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Praise psalms (3 main elements):

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1) call to praise
2) catalog of God's praiseworthy acts
3) not of closure; prayer or wish

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worship psalms (also called __________)

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also called psalms of Zion

-centered around worship in the Temple, God's visible presence, pilgrimages

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Nature poems

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puts us in touch with nature

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epithalamion

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wedding poem, Psalm 45

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encomium

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praises a general character type

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Jehoiakim

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put Jeremiah in prison and burned the first copy of his manuscript

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Zedekiah

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consulted Jeremiah for spiritual advise, but never followed it

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Hananiah and Shemaiah

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preached the opposite of what Jeremiah was saying

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Pashhur

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had Jeremiah beaten and put in the stocks

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Baruch

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Jeremiah's faithful scribe

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Ebed-Melech

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rescued Jeremiah from the cistern

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spiritual adultery

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"The LORD gave me another message, this is what the LORD says"

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forsaken, wayward, backsliding

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heal, restore

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Jerusalem

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loose narrative, topical

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