Unit 4: Job, Psalms, Proverbs and Song of Solomon - Study Guide

Job's lament in chapter 3 introduces __________ cycles of dialogue that occupy chapters 4-27.

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_________Psalms—These Psalms focus on the invoking of a curse on the enemies of God and His people and include such Psalms as 35, 58, 59, 69, 83, 109,137 and 140.

Imprecatory

_______ are rules from heaven for real living on earth.

Proverbs

The term _________ refers to the belief that if you sin, then you suffer. Likewise, if you suffer then you are a sinner.

Retribution Theology

Book 4 reflects on ______.

This is the Numbers section that focuses on the faithfulness of God in relation to the earth and the nations of the earth.

The _________ interpretation recognizes a literal, historical setting relating a real relationship of Solomon to the Shulamite woman, but it is also presented to us as a type of the love that Christ has for His bride—the Church (See: Ephesians 5:21-33).

Typical

The teacher refers to the life of toil and labor as life "___________"

Under the sun

Job's friends lament with Job but give him _______ advice and Job followers thuer suggestions

bad/terrible

A _______ is a saying or parable that is a statement of principle.

maxim

The purpose of the book of Job is to explore God's policies concerning justice, especially in relation to the _______ of the righteous.

suffering

The purpose of the book is to demonstrate the uselessness of living a life of mere human enjoyment.

the fulfilled life is one which gives God His proper place.

The Teacher refers to the life of toil and labor as life "____________".

under the sun

Yahweh eventually responds to Job from a _______

whirlwind

The Hebrew word Proverb literally means _________

"a rule."

It describes life on earth from a very human point of view; such "Vanity of vanities" occurs ___________

34 time

The 150 Pslams are arranged in _______ books.

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The book of Psalms is divided into smaller books

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The book of Proverbs contains ________ collections of wise sayings.

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________ or Acrostic Psalms—These Psalms are written in the form of an acrostic in the Hebrew language where the first letter of each word is one of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet in order. These include such Psalms as 9, 10, 25, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119, and 145.

Alphabetic

_______ arranges words so that a second line of poetry inverts the order of the first line.

Chiasm

_________ proverbs use the key words as "as...so" "better...than" or "like" and have the second statement demonstrates similarities with the first statement.

Comparative

___________ proverbs use the key word "and" and have the second statement completes the first statement.

Completive

___________ proverbs use the word "but" and have the second statement contrasting directly with the first statement.

Contrastive

_________ Psalms—These Psalms focus on the instruction of God's people on various themes and include such Psalms as 1, 5, 7, 15, 17, 50, 73, 94 and 101.

Didactic

The "place names" in the book of Job suggest that he may have been a(n) ______________.

Edomite

Who were the three friends mentioned at the beginning of the book of Job? Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar

Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar

The book of Psalms is perhaps the most read and utilized book in the Bible. (Essay)

For worship in gatherings (I Cor. 14:26). For personal worship and praise (Jam. 5:13). For teaching, admonition and instruction (Col. 3:16). For singing and making melody (Eph. 5:19).

_________ Psalms—These Psalms each begin and end with "Hallelujah" or "Praise the Lord" and include such Psalms as 106, 111-113, 135, and 146- 150.

Hallelujah

________ Psalms—These Psalms focus on God's involvement in the history of His people. They are reminders of God's faithfulness and include such Psalms as 78, 105 and 106.

Historical

Ecclesiastes is referred to the Book of ___________.

Human Wisdom

The Book of Ecclesiastes refers to eight "vanities." (Essay)

Human wisdom and knowledge (1:17) Human labor and works (1:14) Human pleasure bought by wealth (2:4-11; 5:10; 6:1-2) Human enjoyment that comes from work well-done (2:17-19) Human rivalry in work (4:4) Human fame or popularity (4:13-16) Large family and long life (6:3-6) Human frivolity (7:6). It only camouflages the inevitable sad end

________ begins and ends a section with the same clause or verse.

Inclusio

The theme of this book answers the question, "____________________?"

Is life worth living

The purpose of Proverbs is outlined in the first chapter?

It offers insight into and examples of the wisdom that will result from or guide one to the fear of the Lord.

_______ gives an understanding of moral structure of the cosmos and purpose that it is based on God's wisdom pervading his creation rather than justice as defined by the Retribution Principle.

Job

These proverbs and wise sayings concern themselves with three fundamental issues: __________ has to do with the possession of facts.

Knowledge

A reader of the New Testament would likely identify the wisdom and creation activity of Jesus with: _______

Lady Wisdom

_________ are psalms that have a tone of anger, disappointment, fear, doubt or shame.

Laments

The fulfilled the _______, ________ and _________ with reference to his death and resurrection.

Law, Prophets; Psalms

The ________ interpretation says that this song is simply a description of marital love which celebrates the marriage of Solomon to a young Shulamite woman. It has no meaning beyond that.

Literal

The most repeated refrain in the book is "_____________________" or "__________..".

Meaningless! Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!; Vanity!

_________ Psalms—These Psalms speak directly regarding the coming Messiah and include such Psalms as 2, 8, 16, 22-24, 31, 40, 41, 45, 46, 68, 69, 72, 89, 102, 110 and 118.

Messianic

Although the authorship of Job is textually anonymous, early Jewish tradition suggests it was written by ______

Moses

________ is the correspondence between phrases of a poetic line when the second phrase carries forward the thought of the first, but together they form a single statement.

Parallelism

________ Psalms—These Psalms focus on confession and repentance especially in the life of David and include such Psalms as 6, 32 and 51.

Penitential

Which of these is not a major theme in the book of Job? Proper temple worship

Proper temple worship

Most simply stated, the retribution principle is that: If a person is righteous, he will ________ and if a person is wicked, he will _________.

Prosper; suffer

If one takes the traditional interpretation and dates the composition of Ecclesiastes to 965-928, then the author of the book would be ____________.

Solomon

What does the book of Job teach us about suffering? (Essay)

Suffering is not the result of the sin of the suffer and not from the sufferer's parents, will not always be understood by you or anyone else around you; are to lead to our growth and development are to prepare you to be more useful vessels through which He can channel more and greater blessings.

The ________ interpretation says that this song has nothing to do with literal woman with whom has a relationship, the story is strictly symbolic of a spiritual relationship that we have with the lover of our soul

Symbolic

__________ or Praise Psalms—While many of the Psalms are filled with praise and thanksgiving to God these Psalms are particularly strong in this area and include such Psalms as 16, 18, 19, 29, 30, 32-34, 36, 40, 41, 66, 103-106, 116, 117, 124, 129 and 136-139. Note: The Hallelujah Psalms also could be included in this category.

Thanksgiving

The purpose of the Song of Solomon is the ideal love relationship in two arenas:

The love provided by God is a man for a woman

Book 5 reflects on ______.

This is the Deuteronomy section that focuses on the Word of God and worship.

Book 2 of the psalms reflects on ______.

This is the Exodus section that focuses on deliverance and redemption. It focuses on the nation of Israel.

Book 1 of the psalms reflects on _______.

This is the Genesis section that focuses on creation and man. Man is seen in his blessed condition, in his fall and in his recovery.

Book 3 reflects on ______.

This is the Leviticus section that focuses on holiness and the sanctuary. Leviticus focused on the holiness of God as seen in the sanctuary and tabernacle worship.

These proverbs and wise sayings concern themselves with three fundamental issues: __________ has to do with the proper interpretation of the facts.

Understanding

Concerning the genre of the book of Job, it can best be described as a ________

Wisdom

These proverbs and wise sayings concern themselves with three fundamental issues: ________ has to do with the proper application of the facts to a particular situation.

Wisdom

What is the biblical way to worship?

With a pure heart

What does the inclusion of Ecclesiastes suggest is the theme of the book?

meaninglessness

A ________ is a statement which contains a specific truth in concise words expressed in a way as to gain attention and to stay in the memory.

proverb

Proverbs 31:10-31 is an acrostic poem extolling the virtues of the ideal _________.

wife