BOLD 207 ODEN MIDTERM: Psalms
Torah Songs
Renewing Life in God's Law
Todah
"A Psalm of Praise"
Ba'al
Cultural Heritage: "Divine Warrior"
The Ba'al Cycle
Cultural Heritage: From Ugarit
Tehillim
Hebrew Title of Psalms:
335
How many allusions/verbal parallels come from Psalms in the NT?
5
How many times is Psalm 69 quoted in the NT?
Mosaic Intercession
Israel's Past and Future: _______ as path to restoration (Psalm 90-91)
individual
Psalms Overview: Lament/Complaint: Psalm 3,22
communal
Psalms Overview: Lament/Complaint: Psalm 60
imprecation
Psalms Overview: Lament/Complaint: Psalms 3,69,137
laments/complaint
Psalms Overview: Most common types of Psalms?
150 plus
Psalms Overview: Psalms is a collection of how many poetic prayers and songs?
Psalm 110; 11 times
Second most quoted Psalm in the NT? How many times?
True
The Hebrew root hkm means "wisdom."
39
The NT has quotations from how many different Psalms?
True
The book of Psalms is divided up into five books by four doxologies.
False
The heading of the Psalms were probably fixed (finalized) as part of the text of Psalms prior to the second century BCE.
prayers to a God who saves; praise to a God who saved; cycles of orientation, disorientation and new orientation
Theological Perspectives: Covenant Theology
solarized
Torah Psalms: Psalm 19: _______ imagery is often used in praise of the Lord (The God of Israel)
Law with the Sun's light
Torah Psalms: Psalm 19: verses 13-14 shared associations with ___________.
Hezekiah
Which 8th century king of Judah commanded that the songs of David and Asaph be sung?
a) Hezekiah
Which 8th century king of Judah commanded that the songs of David and Asaph be sung? a) Hezekiah b) Josiah c) Isaiah d) Asa e) Cole
Greek
Which Title is used in the English Translation of the Book?
Lament
a passionate expression of grief or sorrow; mourn
recitation, wisdom, trust, royal, messianic, torah
List the different genres of Psalms
Psalms
Most quoted OT book in the NT?
Psalm 118; 12 times
Most quoted Psalm in the NT? How many times?
True
Phonological parallelism refers to the occurrence of sound pairs in two "lines" of Hebrew poetry.
"Blessed is the LORD"
Psalms Overview: At the end of Books 1-5 a doxology appears
only the righteous enter, encountering God and the Messiah
Psalms Overview: Entrance into the Temple (Psalms 1 and 2)
Praise, celebration, Joy
Psalms Overview: Hymns (Psalms 8, 98, 104)
one-offs: God's lawsuit/complaint
Psalms Overview: Lament/Complaint: Psalm 50
confession of sin
Psalms Overview: Lament/Complaint: Psalm 51
David, Asaph, Sons of Korah, Jeduthun
Psalms Overview: Psalms Authorship
worship
Psalms Overview: Psalms is an anthology of ______?
Thanksgiving
Psalms Overview: Response to God's salvation: Psalm 30,18
late second Temple; temple liturgy; literary collection
Psalms Overview: Some believe that the arrangement into five books is largely a ___________ development, perhaps reflecting a move from Psalms in their use as __________ to Psalms as a ____________.
praises
Psalms Overview: Tehillim
the entire collection of Psalms
Psalms Overview: The final doxology of Book v (Psalm 150) is also a doxology for ____________.
one book
Psalms Overview: The five Books as __________?
Moses gave the five Books of the Torah to Israel and David gave the five Books of Psalms to Israel
Psalms Overview: Why 5 Books?
songs
Psalms Overview: ΨΑΛΜΟΙ
trust; lament
Thanks and Trust Songs' Link to Lament: A "Song of ______" often appears in the final lines of a "_______". (Psalm 22)
independent
Thanks and Trust Songs' Link to Lament: A "Song of trust" may be _________ (Psalm 23)
thanksgiving
Thanks and Trust Songs' Link to Lament: ________ songs also may appear in the final lines of a "Lament" (Psalm 28)
independent; laments or vows
Thanks and Trust Songs' Link to Lament: _________ "Thanksgiving Songs" are often responses to ________ or _______ that God answers favorably. (Psalm 30)
False
The psalms having the heading "of David" were all composed by King David.
False
The term selah only appears at the beginning of a verse.
Kingship/Sovereignty motifs
Theological Perspectives: Creation Theology is expressed in __________
alienation, illness, hurt, death
Theological Perspectives: DISORIENTATION: Human Experience
doubt and faith; God's absence in disorder
Theological Perspectives: DISORIENTATION: Theological Observation
covenant theology, creation theology, ethical theology
Theological Perspectives: Examples
divine rescue and human resolve
Theological Perspectives: NEW ORIENTATION:
well-being
Theological Perspectives: ORIENTATION: Human Experience equals ________
God's order and Presence (creation)
Theological Perspectives: ORIENTATION: Theological Observation
orientation, disorientation, new orientation
Theological Perspectives: Psalm 21, 22, 23 in conversation
"Sacred History" Songs
Todah Psalms: Psalm 150
Royal Songs
Todah Psalms: Psalm 21
Songs of Trust
Todah Psalms: Psalm 23
Thanksgiving Songs
Todah Psalms: Psalm 30
life as praise, praise as life
Torah Psalms:
1, 19,119, 105
Torah Psalms: Examples
Torah as Temple Transition
Torah Psalms: Psalm 119:
22; 51; at the Temple
Torah Psalms: Psalm 119: Torah as Temple Transition: Psalm ____ & ____ call to God so that the Psalmist can give song and praise (i.e., ___________)
11:7; 17:15; seeing God
Torah Psalms: Psalm 119: Torah as Temple Transition: Psalms ____ and ____ envision ____ as a result of God's answer to prayer. (Job)
deliverance; righteous words
Torah Psalms: Psalm 119: Verse 123: ______ is not expressed by divine action or theophany, but as within God's "______ ______"
"Answer me, O Lord, that I may observe your Laws."
Torah Psalms: Psalm 119: Verse 145
work of God
Torah Psalms: Psalm 19: In Psalms, the Sun, like the Law is a _________.
Sun and Law
Torah Psalms: Psalm 19: Number One
In AND independent deity
Torah Psalms: Psalm 19: Number Two
25%
What percent of OT quotations in the NT come from Psalms?
royal and messianic
What two genres is Psalm 2?
torah
What type of Genre is Psalm 119?
wisdom
What type of Genre is Psalm 14?
torah
What type of Genre is Psalm 19?
wisdom
What type of Genre is Psalm 1?
trust
What type of Genre is Psalm 23?
trust
What type of Genre is Psalm 33?
recitation
What type of Genre is Psalm 78?
c) Asherah
What was the name of the mother of the gods of Ugarit? a) Ishtar b) Venus c) Asherah d) Anat e) Beyonce
a) Ba'al
Which of the following was the Divine Warrior who defeated Sea and Death at Ugarit? a) Ba'al b) El c) Yam d) Mot e) Resheph
b) El
Who was the father of the gods of Ugarit? a) Ba'al b) El c) Yam d) Mot e) Resheph
Psalms Proverbs Job Ecclesiastes Song of Songs
Write the five books of the Bible often called the "books of poetry" or Wisdom Literature.
imprecation
a spoken curse
True
According to your textbook, psalms are attributed to all of the the following in the book Psalms: David, Asaph, the sons of Korah, Ethan, Moses, Solomon, Heman.
False
According to your textbook, the German scholar who laid the foundation for the classification of the Psalms was Hermann Strauss.
Book 1
Arrangement of Psalms: 1-41 most "Psalms of David"
Book 5
Arrangement of Psalms: 107-150 many liturgical Psalms for pilgrimages and festivals
Book 2
Arrangement of Psalms: 42-72 including Korah and Asaph Psalms
Book 3
Arrangement of Psalms: 73-89 mostly Korah and Asaph Psalms
Book 4
Arrangement of Psalms: 90-106 most without superscription
True
Canonical criticism encouraged reading the Psalms holistically, rather than as a collection of independent, diverse poems.
Asherah
Cultural Heritage: "Mother-Goddess"
Mot
Cultural Heritage: Death
El
Cultural Heritage: Enthroned "Father of Years"
Deber and Resheph
Cultural Heritage: Pestilence and Plague
Shamash Plaque
Cultural Heritage: Psalm 29:10 (The Lord sits over the flood; the Lord sits, the King forever) can be compared to what ancient artifact?
Enuma Elish
Cultural Heritage: Psalm 89:5-14 is compared to what Ancient Near-Eastern text?
Yam
Cultural Heritage: Sea
Hymn to the Aten
Cultural Heritage: What Ancient Egyptian text is Psalm 104 related to?
psalmoi
Greek Title of Psalms:
e) 150
How many books does Psalms contain? a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d) 12 e) 150
5
How many books does Psalms contain? (divisions)
79
How many quotations from Psalms are in the NT?
5
How many sections does the Book of Psalms Contain?
4 each
How many times are Psalms 2,22,95 quoted in NT?
False
Hymns are most common type of Psalms
True
In the ancient Near East, both gods and kings were spoken of as shepherds of their people.
YHWH's Reign
Israel's Past and Future: A Return to _________
The Joy of the Torah
Israel's Past and Future: A five-fold Hallelujah (Psalms 146-150)
YHWH's faithfulness
Israel's Past and Future: Remembering _________
the Law; the Land
Israel's Past and Future: Return to ________ and return to ________ (Psalm 1, 19, 119, Psalms 120-134)
dynasty's failure to uphold Torah and enforce Covenant
Israel's Past and Future: The Rise and fall of the Davidic dynasty is due to......