- the most frequently quoted OT book in the NT
- what is the Hebrew title of Ecclesiastes?
- contains 5 books like the five books of Moses- the Pentateuch or the Torah
- Psalms is wrote by many authors, but who wrote the most?
- the skill of choosing the right course of action, the right way of living
- quotations and allusions to the Psalms are found in every NT book except for...
- a collection of 150 poems that express a wide range of human emotions
- held a festival where they read and taught the torah for 7 days to celebrate the ancient fest of tabernacles. also consists of a confession of sins, covenant renewal, vow to follow torah, and ends with great celebration
- the "Wisdom Literature" in the OT and wisdom is a key word in the book
- included more stories that aren't shown in book of Samuel bc he's trying to portray David as the messianic king
- the one who has a store of wisdom gained from experience and who knew which manner of behaving was appropriate to each situation
- represent the history of Israel from the united monarchy under David to the return from exile
- stems from the wisdom of god, showing that his timing is always perfect as long as we believe in his power
- what is the largest category of the Psalms?
- god's message to both jeremiah and ezekiel were similar. They were to tell people of jerusalem that if they continued to break their covenant with god, their city would be destroyed. in both cases, the prophets witness people idolizing false gods and ignoring the warnings of the siege.
- Judith: brave enough to act on her fatith and took down assyrian army general by praying and fastingEsther: saved jews after marrying king and stopped haman from condemning mordecai and jews to death
- iraelite official serving persian government who also helped rebuild walls of temple
- talks about kings who disobeyed God and His powers, each king was taken to babylon. connection to exile because the unfaithful jews were taken by babylonian empire after they continued to break god's covenant
- because haman cast the pur, or lot, for time of their defeat and destruction
- intermediary person who relays messages between god and his people