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Exam 3 Flashcards

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Polytheism

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Belief in many Gods

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Baal

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Most important God of the Canaanite Pantheon, name means master

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Asherah

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Canaanite Goddess of the sea and the female consort of Baal

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Parallelism

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Feature of Hebrew poetry where at least 2 lines compliment eachother

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Sages

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Men renowned for wisdom. Spoke of life’s many problems

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Theodicy

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Attempt to vindicate the justice and holiness of God in light of the existence of evil in the world

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Theology of Retribution

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Obedience to God’s commands brings blessing, while disobedience brings failure.

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Rationalist

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Individual who accepts reason as the supreme authority.

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Wisdom Literature

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Designation that modern scholars use for three books that share “wisdom”

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Monotheism

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Theological and philosophical position that there is only one God.

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Behemoth

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Refers to the Hippopotamus

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Leviathan.

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Refers to the Crocodile

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Penitential psalms

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Psalms, or songs, that express sorrow for sin.

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Hymn Psalms

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Psalms, or songs, of praise.

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Wisdom Psalms

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Psalms, or songs, that relate general observations about life.

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Royal psalms

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Psalms, or songs, that focus on Israel’s king, usually describing him as a God.

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Messianic psalms

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Psalms, or songs, that describe the Messiah.

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Imprecatory Psalms

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Psalms, or songs, that call for God’s judgement on the psalmists enemies

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Lament Psalms

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Psalms, or songs, contained 3 elements: bemoaning ones condition, God will bring him through trials of rigger, God has heard prayer and will eventually intervene for him.

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Proverb

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Succinct or persuasive saying proven true by .

21
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Doxology

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Closes verses of the last psalm of the 5 books of psalms.

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Allegory

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Story that contains hidden or symbolic meaning.

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