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......