final exam Flashcards
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Proverbs: Style
wisdom poetry / Poetic Parallelism
Instruction from a father to son; training for leadership
Proverbs: Structure 10–15
Proverbs 10–15 use antithetical parallelism.
Proverbs: motif (symbols)
Lady Wisdom vs. Lady Folly/unfaithful wife.
Proverbs: Authors
Solomon, Wise Men, Agur, Lemuel.
Songs of Solomon: Structure
Inclusio (beginning and ending themes mirror each other).
Songs of Solomon: title meaning
“Song of Songs” = “The best song” (Hebrew superlative).
Songs of Solomon: Authorship
Traditionally Solomon.
Songs of Solomon: main characters
The women
The Man
The daughter of Jerusalem
The King
Songs of Solomon: Dominate speaker
Women
Songs of Solomon: Interpretation Approaches
Allegorical
Typological
Dramatic
Songs of Solomon: Interpretation Approaches p.2
Cultic Rites
Funeral Rituals
Literal
Songs of Solomon: metaphors
Garden
Gazelle
Walls/City
Songs of Solomon: metaphors p.2
Watchmen/Guards
King and Queen
House of my Mother
Songs of Solomon: setting
United Kingdom
Songs of Solomon: Cross-references:
Hosea 1–3, Ezekiel 16, Jeremiah 2–3.
Ecclesiastes: Theme
Futility of life without God (“under the sun” = earthly focus).
Ecclesiastes 2 (Companionship):
Companion helps you out of a pit.
Companion keeps you warm.
Companion helps against attack.
Ecclesiastes 8: Limits of Human Control
Wind
Time of death
Military conscription
Consequences of evil
Warnings and Final Conclusions (Ecc. 12):
Wise words guide.
Endless study is tiring; be wise.
Fear God and keep His commandments.
God will judge all actions.
Multiple Voices in Ecclesiastes:
Pessimistic Qohelet
Fun-Loving Qohelet
Fear-God Qohelet
