Dr. Page Old Testament Final
Interpretation of Song of Songs: Topical
stresses the themes of love and devotion which foreshadow the love of Christ
Fools in Proverbs: The Fathead-
stupid fellow, dullard, thick
Interpretation of Song of Songs: Dramatic
views the Song of Songs as a play with two or three major characters.
Interpretation of Song of Songs: Love Songs
views the book as a poem(s) on the subject of human love.
Wisdom Described: Wisdom is pictured as a ______ calling out in the market place, _______________________.
woman, offering peace and security to an unresponsive crowd. More precious than anything valuable.
A person can deal with the ______ this life has to offer if their faith in the Lord is strong.
worst.
Chronicles Theme: Retribution & Repentance
"Immediate retribution."
What did God say to Job's three "friends?"
"You have not spoken what is right."
Selah:
"to pause"
4 Themes in Esther:
-Anti-Semitism -Retributive justice -Self-Defense -Immutability of the Law of the Medes & Persians
3 Emphasis in Ruth:
-On the foreignness of Ruth -On the friendship of Ruth and Naomi -On the fatherliness of God
Purpose of Esther: (2 fold.)
-To explain the celebration of the festival of Purim -To supply the historical context of Purim (the survival of the Jews in Persia.)
Lessons from Lamentations:
-no place on earth is inviolable -God always judges sin! -There is always a source of hope and the source is always God. -Seek the presence of God,m not just the place of God.
Purpose of the book of Ruth: (3 fold.)
-to demonstrate the universality of Israel's God -To account for a foreigner in the line of David -To show God's gracious guidance in the life of this family
The writings contain __ books.
11
How many individual psalms are contained within the book of Psalms?
150.
Yahweh is used more than Elohim except in books _and_
2, 3
Finished the wall in ___ days
52
Who was Nehemiah?
A devout Jewish layman, Cup-bearer to the Persian king. Rebuilt the Jerusalem wall.
The rhythm of Hebrew poetry is _____?
A major characteristic. This has to do with the number of stressed or emphasized syllables in a line or verse.
Strophe
A stanza or verse.
Stichos:
A term applies to a line of Hebrew poetry.
Seven Pillars: Common Sense
Ability to adapt traditions to changing situations to increase effectiveness without violating the tradition itself.
Solomon
According to tradition, ____________ authored Proverbs, Ecclesiastes & the Song of Songs
Lamentations style:________ format (lines begin with the letters of the alphabet)
Acrostic format
What does Satan's name mean?
Adversary
The second line takes the thought of the first line and expresses it in a reverse concept.
Antithetical parallelism
Psalms (mizmor):
Appears to indicate a piece of music to be sung with an instrumental accompaniment.
Proverbs (Meshalim) =
Authoritative Comparisons
Seven Pillars: Prudence
Being able to discern your enemies plans.
Seven Pillars: Discipline
Being able to stick with your plan no matter what
jobs friend Bildad
Bildad was the traditionalist. He vigorously defended the justice of God. He suggested that Job's suffering was caused by the sins of Job's children.
Outline of Ecclesiastes: fourth discourse - the vanity of
Chance and circumstances
Ezra: The renewing of the __________.
Covanent
Job sought to "______" his children, sanctifying them with his reverence.
Cover.
Authors of Psalms
David, Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, He-man, Ethan, 1/3 of the Psalms are Anonymous.
____ is the great equalizer
Death
Job's "Friends: ______ Brooks.
Deceitful
Fools in Proverbs: the Fool
Despises wisdom, mocks at guilt
One line of a two-line unit is called a ______?
Distich
Chronicles Theme: People
Emphasize all Israel as God's people
What the positive nature of Ecclesiastes?
Enjoying life as God gives it
Outline of Ecclesiastes: conclusion
Fear God and keep His commandments
Wisdom was created _____ and became the master Workman by God's side
First
Ezra: The problem with _______ ________.
Foreign Wives
What is the Psalms full of? And of what purpose?
Full of hymns, prayers, anthems and liturgical readings. For worship.
Wisdom Definition
General acquaintance with the way, will & word of God
What does Daniels name mean?
God is my judge.
Everything is manageable if _____ is with us.
God.
Daniels friends:
Hannah (Shadrach.) Michael (Meshack.) Azariah (Abednego.)
Job's Character: Upright.
He feared God, had reverence.
Job's Character: Outright.
He lived honestly before others, he had character.
Kinsman-redeemer in Ruth:
He redeems the land to keep it in the family.
Job's Character: Downright.
He turned from evil, was Godly.
Job's Character: Inright.
He was blameless, had integrity.
In Job, Satan is introduced as a part of the ___________.
Heavenly council.
Fools in Proverbs: The Arrogant
Heightened degree of evil
Outline of Ecclesiastes: second discourse - the vanity of
Human experience
Job's wife is the _____________.
Human instrument of the Adversary: "Curse God and die."
Outline of Ecclesiastes: first discourse - the vanity of
Human wisdom
It had difficulty being accepted into OT canon because
Humanistic, cynical perspective and apparent contradictions
What are all the forms of psalms?
Hymns of praise, psalms of thanksgiving, psalms of lament, royal psalms, liturgical psalms, psalms of confidence, wisdom psalms, mixed types
God is the single
Indisputable reality
Job retained his ______ even when sick.
Integrity.
Lamentations was written by
Jeremiah
Laments the fall of
Jerusalem
What were the big three books of the writings?
Job, psalms, proverbs
In Job, God was just and gave _____________
Justice to mankind
Chronicles Theme: Kingship
Kingship in Israel = Kingdom of God
Seven Pillars: Discretion
Knowing how & when to do what needs to be done
Seven Pillars: Skill
Knowing what needs to be done
Eccelesiastes Hebrew title: _ or_ which referred to a _
Koheleth, qoheleth, schoolmaster
What the negative nature of Ecclesiastes?
Man is bound by human limitations and can never breakout
Levirate marriage in Ruth:
Marry kinsman to continue the family line.
Job's "Friends": _____ Comforters
Miserable
Does Hebrew poetry rhyme?
No.
Scrolls (Megilloth) that were read at these fast/feast days:
Pentecost/Ruth, Esther/Purim, Ecclesiastes/Feast of Tabernacles. Song of Songs/Passover, Lamentations/9th of Ab
jobs friend Eliphaz
Perhaps the most distinctive mark of the argument of Eliphaz was his view of God. Accordingly, God did not trust anyone, even the most devout worshipers. God was just waiting for one of his creatures to do wrong so that he could destroy the wrongdoer.
Tehillah
Praise Came to be used as as a title for the entire Psalter. Only occurs in Psalms 145
The Megilloth calls "Psalms" what?
Praises.
tephillah
Prayer A term with an obvious meaning which occurs 5 times.
In the LXX, psalms is identified by the title _____ whose best translation is ____ or______
Psalmoi, melodies, songs
Book 1
Psalms 1-41
Book 5
Psalms 107-150
Book 2
Psalms 42-72
Book 3
Psalms 73-89
Book 4
Psalms 90-106
Shiggaion:
Reffers to a wild, ecstatic tune. (Only in Ps. 7.)
In Job, there was no life after death with ___ and ______
Rewards, punishments
What books are apart of the Megilloth scrolls?
Ruth, Esther, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, lamentations
Who was Nehemiah's enemies?
Sanballat, Tobiah, Gesham
Song (shir):
Seems to be a general term for a song. Occurs about 30 times
Wisdom is built on how many pillars?
Seven.
In Job, When people died, they went to ________
Sheol
_________ was a sign that a person had ________.
Sickness, sinned.
A line of Hebrew poetry is called a _______?
Stich
Chronicles Theme: Temple & Worship
Strongest link with pre-exilic Israel
Describes that technique of Hebrew poetry where the author says something and then repeats the same thought with similar words in the second line.
Synonymous parallelism
Is not a parallelism at all. The second line takes the thought of the first and carries it on beyond, almost in a stair-like progression.
Synthetic parallelism
Daniel message & teachings
The book clearly teaches that God's kingdom will triumph over all and that faith in him will be rewarded in due time. The message of the book is: "The kingdoms of this world will be replaced by the Kingdom of God."
What age was Job's character from?
The patriarchal age.
Seven Pillars: Understanding
The specific application of wisdom to everyday living.
In Job, If justice was to be done, it had to be done in _________
This life.
The purpose of Job is:
To explore (without solving) the various aspects of suffering, especially as it related to those who are righteous.
General Purpose
To increase the number of wise and decrease the number of foolish.
Miktam:
Transliterated. Meaning uncertain. Occurs 6 times.
One line of a three-line unit is called a ______?
Tristich
Fools in Proverbs: The Scoffer
Trouble maker, malignant.
Maskil:
Usually only transliterated. Meaning is uncertain. The root relies to wisdom. Occurs 13 times
Where was Job from?
Was most likely an Edomite. Never indicated as an Israelite.
Outline of Ecclesiastes: third discourse - the vanity of
Wealth and honor
Theme of Proverbs:
Wisdom for Living.
Job _________ & _________ the Lord even in the face of bad news.
Worshipped, blessed.
Job's "Friends": _____ Physicians
Worthless
usage of divine names
Yahweh was the name for God preferred in Jerusalem and in the southern part of the land while Elohim was the name preferred at Bethel and among the northern tribes.
jobs friend Zophar
Zophar had nothing original to say. Unfortunately, like so many others, when he had nothing to say, he said it quite loudly!
Interpretation of Song of Songs: Allegorical
a figurative story about God's love for the covenant community.
Seven Pillars: Tradition
awareness and appreciation for social values, morals, & teachings passed on from earlier generations
Fools in Proverbs: the Simpleton-
gullible, silly, deceivable.
The Book of Psalms is the _____ book of the Old Testament.
longest.
Interpretation of Song of Songs: Nupital Songs
parallels Syrian wedding rites practiced during a seven day festival
Interpretation of Song of Songs: Liturigal Rites
parallels rites of the cult of Tammuz in Babylon
Job attended to his own _____ first and foremost.
piety.
Our desire for the _____ of God in our lives should be so strong that all else pale in comparison.
presence.
In Job, the good person ________, while the wicked person _______.
prospered, failed.