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| Main themes of the apocalyptic and wisdom literature in the bible. | God's creation, Natural laws, Future, Meaning of Life |
| Collection of wise sayings, proverbs, and short stories to help people deepen their faith and understand how to live. | Wisdom literature |
| Wisdom books. | Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Sirach, Song of Songs |
| One thing that made the Hebrew wisdom literature unique was its emphasis on this. | God and respect for God's power |
| Apocalyptic literature claims to do this. | Reveal or uncover the truth |
| The second half of this book is the only example of purely apocalyptic literature in the OT, as it contains four symbolic visions that center on the heavenly battle between Israel and its enemies. | Daniel |
| Apocalyptic books were written between the _____ century B.C. and the _____ century A.D. | Third, Second |
| The wisdom described by the Hebrews in the wisdom literature is this. | Truth, Moderation, Prudence, Kindness |
| The biblical book that is a collection of short, wise sayings that are universally applicable. | Proverbs |
| One popular proverb style contrasts the behavior of a _____ person with a _____ person. | Wise, Foolish |
| These persons responsible for Hebrew proverbs came from all classes of society. | Sages |
| While the prophets describe God in an emotive and charismatic manner, the wisdom books describe God by what God has made and thus are this. | Descriptive, Rational, Objective |
| Some Hebrew proverbs are this, with little or no religious implication. | Secular |
| The biblical book Job rejects this simplistic belief. | That good is rewarded and evil is punished. |
| This is the theme of Ecclesiastes. | The vanity of all things; Happiness cannot be found apart from God |
| The Song of Songs is this. | Collection of love poems |
| The last book of the OT to be written. | Wisdom |
| The complete name of the book of Wisdom. | Wisdom of Solomon |
| The book of Wisdom was written in Greek and reveals this influence. | Hellenism |
| The author of the book of Sirach. | Jesus, son of Eleazar, son of Sirach |
| The word psalms comes from the name of a stringed instrument named this. | Psalter |
| The literary style of the book of Psalms. | Poetry |
| Psalm 29 is thought to be the oldest psalm because its poetry is similar to this poetry from an earlier era. | Canaanite |
| The four categories of psalms. | Lament, Praise and Thanksgiving, Instruction, Liturgy |
| The apocalyptic literature was likely written during times of this, during which the use of symbols protected the authors from those outsiders who could not decode them. | Oppression |
