People
The human author of most of the book of Proverbs.
Who was Solomon?
True or False:
Psalms are mostly written in free verse, meaning that they lack a pattern or structure.
What is False?
True or False:
Proverbs are meant to be promises from God.
What is False?
A comparison between two unrelated things that does not use the words like or as
What is a Metaphor?
A word or phrase being used more than once in poetry to create emphasis
What is repetition?
One of Job's friends
Who was Eliphaz, Bildad, or Zophar? (or Elihu)
The largest contributor to the book of psalms.
Who was David?
Finish the proverb:
As a door turns on its hinges
so does a sluggard on his bed
two lines that repeat the same idea or build on it
what is synonymous parallelism?
A direct comparison between two unrelated things that uses the words like or as
What is a simile?
Two other authors of psalms
who was Moses? Solomon, or the sons of Korah? Asaph? Heman?
According to scholars, which of the following is not considered one of the different categories of
psalms?
a. Praise b. Lament c. War
d. Thanksgiving e. Kingship
What is c. War?
finish the proverb: The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels
they go down into the inner parts of the body
Objects, people, and actions being given meanings that equate them with objects, people, and actions outside the text.
What is Allegory?
A short, pithy statement about human life
What is a proverb?
The author of Ecclesiastes calls himself this
Who is "the Preacher"?
The largest genre in the book of psalms.
What is Lament?
finish the proverb: Better is open rebuke
than hidden love
Two lines about the same idea but the second line gives the opposite or opposing view
What is antithetical parallelism?
Exaggeration that is used for emphasis and should not be taken literally.
What is Hyperbole?
Two other authors of Proverbs
Who were Lemuel and Agur?
The church has had different views about the Song of Solomon. Give one of them.
The book is an allegory about Christ’s love for his people and is not about human sexuality.
The book is only about human marriage.
This book is difficult to preach on.
finish the proverb: Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
than a fattened ox and hatred with it
A poem in which each line of text begins with a letter that—when put together—spells a word or forms a pattern
What is an Acrostic?
Describing God in terms of human characteristics
What is anthropomorphism?