Quiz: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
A crisscross structure in Hebrew poetry is known as _______
A chiasm
The last chapter of Song of Songs states, "Love is as strong as ________."
Death
The book of Job appears to occur during the time of the ________.
Patriarchs
The book of Proverbs has a ________ view of wealth and poverty.
Balanced
Many of the psalms were written by ________.
David
Ecclesiastes has a ________ message for how the wise should live in a fallen world.
Practical
The book of Job deals with the question of human ________.
Suffering
Psalms 8, 19, 29, and 104 reflect on the Lord as ________.
Creator
According to Proverbs 3, the LORD disciplines those He _______.
Loves
The most common feature of Hebrew poetry is _______.
Parallelism
The Song of Songs is a ________ song.
Love
The book of Ecclesiastes teaches the inevitability of ________.
Death
_______ offers the final response to Job's suffering.
God
The Shulammite girl in the Song of Songs is ________.
Pure
Song of Songs opens with which of the following lines?
"Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!"
The Hebrew word hevel occurs 38 times in the book of Ecclesiastes and means ________.
"Vapor"
The sayings in the book of Proverbs are intended to be ________.
Concise
The wisdom in the book of Proverbs is meant to be memorized but not necessarily applied.
False
Hebrew poetry is often characterized by the use of _______ language.
Figurative
The psalms of ascent may have been sung when the people were making a pilgrimage to ________.
Jerusalem
The five books of Hebrew poetry include Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, and ________.
Job
Psalms that contain prayers offered during times of trouble are called _______.
Lament psalms
Ecclesiastes begins with the statement, "Everything is ________!"
Meaningless
Which of the three friends offered the correct interpretation of Job's circumstances?
None
Proverbs often presents a sharp contrast between ________.
Wisdom and folly