Ryken Ch 4-5

Question 1

Psalm

Answer 1

The book of poetry falling into one or more of five categories: praise, worship, limitation, nature, and love

Question 2

Encomium

Answer 2

A piece of writing that praises someone or something highly

Question 3

Poetry

Answer 3

Language of images
Comparisons inherently fictional
Concentrated and patterned

Question 4

Symbols

Answer 4

Concrete images that point it or embody other meaning

Question 5

Rule: interpret as _______ any statement that does not make sense at a literal level in the context which it appears

Answer 5

Figurative

Question 6

Lyric poetry

Answer 6

A short poem, often intended to be sung, that expresses the thoughts and especially the feelings of the speaker

Question 7

Three part structure of lyric poetry

Answer 7

Statement of theme
Development of theme
Resolution

Question 8

Lament psalm

Answer 8

Private or communal

Elements:
Invocation or introductory cry to God
Element or complaint
Petition of supplication
Statement of confidence in God
Vow to praise God

Question 9

Praise psalms

Answer 9

Theocentric- direct praise to God

Elements:
Elevation and exultation of the person being praised
Directing the speakers whole being away from themselves and toward the object of praise
Testimony

Question 10

Declaritive/ narrative praise

Answer 10

Extols Gods activity on a particular occasion

Question 11

Descriptive praise

Answer 11

Describes Gods qualities or acts he does perpetually

Question 12

Worship psalms

Answer 12

Do not have fixed form
Identified by presence of references to worship in Jerusalem, allude to pilgrimages that were part of OT religious experience, often intended to be sung on the pilgrimage

Question 13

Nature poems

Answer 13

Take an aspect of nature and praise it

Question 14

Pastoral love poem

Answer 14

Set in idealized rural world

Question 15

Blazon

Answer 15

Praises the beauty and virtue of beloved

Question 16

How does the use of simile vs metaphor influence the overall meaning of a biblical passage?

Answer 16

Metaphor draws a stronger comparison, comparing the whole to something else (two things are alike) where simile comparison using like or as which is not as strong, compares part

Question 17

What benefit is there to combining apostrophe and personification?

Answer 17

Apostrophe Often implies personification, but using personification with apostrophe you can have something nonhuman be addressed as a human to imply greater meaning

Question 18

There is a difference between concrete images and abstract ideas. why does biblical poetry speak mostly and images and not ideas?

Answer 18

Images are easier to relate to and wrap your mind around, they are more easily recognizable and easier to understand so they can better convey the meaning of the passage than abstract ideas

Question 19

Poetic license

Answer 19

Freedom to depart from facts of a matter/ conventional rules of language when speaking/ writing to create an effect