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Synonymous parallelism
one statement, then the next statement that says the
same thing in different words Psalm 27:1.
TERM 2
Antithetical Parallelism
DEFINITION 2
: Two statements right next to each other that
express different sides of the idea. Psalms 21:
TERM 3
Sehlah
DEFINITION 3
where to pause
TERM 4
Herman Gunkel
DEFINITION 4
Herman Gunkel- Late 1800s OT scholar. ID several forms in
Psalms 4 different forms: 1)Lament hymns" -Individual
Lament" -Communal Lament 2)Thanks/Praise" -Individual
Thanks
" -Communal Thanksgiving
TERM 5
Phyllis Tribble
DEFINITION 5
Texts of Terror
Royal vs Enthronement hymns
-Royal Hymns (Talks about earthly king. ie hymn 72) -
Enthronement Hymns (Praise of YHWH Malak [king] ie:
TERM 7
Laments
DEFINITION 7
LAMENT: -Invocation: addressing God -Complaint -Petition -
Expression of Trust -Expression of Praise ie: vs 1-2 complaint
petition 3-4 trust: vs 5 Praise: vs 6
TERM 8
The Book of Malachi
DEFINITION 8
The Book Of Malachi -Malachi means my messenger -Short
book, last on the scroll of 12 minor prophets -titled an oracle
in the superscription -Active between the redaction of the
Temple in Jerusalem around 515BCE and 450BCE -Gentiles-
non-Judeans -against divorce
TERM 9
Ezra and Nehemiah
DEFINITION 9
Forced Judean men to cast off their foreign wives
TERM 10
Ezra
DEFINITION 10
Ezra 1-2 Return from Exile 3-6 Early restoration7-10 Mission of Ezra
Including 1st person memoire 458 BCE was a priestunderstood Torah,
brings book of the law to the temple (maybe that is torah?)-May have
been the redactor of the Torah but no way to know that for sure-Primary
interest in restoring Torah law, Exogamy- tells their men to divorce their
foreign wivesExogamy leads to apostasy He built an altar and made a
sacrifice to YHWH and told them to celebrate the feast of Tabernacles.-
Biggest complaint is that Israelites intermarry
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes (LIFE IS FLEETING-WERE ALL GOING TO DIE-
enjoy life) 1:1-3___Title & Thesis 1:4-11__poem nothing new
under the sun 1:12-2:16_Teacher searching for wisdom 2:17-
12:8_Traditional says and teachers observations about
wisdom, wealth, worth.. 12:9_Epilogue
TERM 17
Megillot
DEFINITION 17
megillot- 5 books- in writings Ruth: Pentecost- spring harvest
Song of songs: Passover (remember exodus) Ecclesiastes:
Festival of Booths (in the fall after Rosh hashana & yom
kippur) Lamentations: 9th of Og-commemorate destruction
of temple in 587 Esther: Purim fest- march- a great big ole
party
TERM 18
Boaz
DEFINITION 18
Boaz is a major figure in The Book of Ruth in the Bible.
TERM 19
Naomi
DEFINITION 19
Ruth's Mother in law
TERM 20
DEFINITION 20
Divided Kingdom: ISRAEL/JUDAH
Assyria
TERM 22
DEFINITION 22
Babylonians
TERM 23
DEFINITION 23
Persians Defeat BabyloniansReturn from exile?
TERM 24
Malak
DEFINITION 24
**Malak- Hebrew for king
TERM 25
Acrostic
DEFINITION 25
write a word then write a line that starts with the same
letterAn acrostic is a poem or other form of writing in which
the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or
other recurring feature in the text spells out a word or a
message.ie:LookAtUsReadAsshole
The Unnamed Woman
dismembered
TERM 32
Haggai
DEFINITION 32
18 years after Cyrus had conquered Babylon and issued a decree in
538BCE allowing the captive Jews to return to Judea. Cyrus saw the
restoration of the temple as necessary for the restoration of the religious
practices and a sense of peoplehood after a long exile.Haggai's message
is filled with an urgency for the people to proceed with the rebuilding of
the second Jerusalem temple. Haggai attributes a recent drought to the
people's refusal to rebuild the temple, which he sees as key to
Jerusalems glory. The book ends with the prediction of the downfall of
kingdoms, with one Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, as the Lords chosen
leader.
TERM 33
Ruth
DEFINITION 33
Connected to the pentecost
