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Chapter 9 Vocabulary
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Bible Studies
Undergraduate 1
02/09/2014

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Acrostic
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A literary technique in which the first letter of each line (or alternatively the last letter) either follows the sequence of the alphabet or forms a word or phrase.
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Antithetical parallelism
Definition
A literary technique used in Hebrew poetry that sets opposite ideas or statements in immediately successive lines.
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Didastic psalms
Definition
Psalms designed to teach about God and how God wants people to live.
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Imprecatory psalms
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Psalms that ask God to harm others and put curses on one's enemies.
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Lament psalms
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Psalms that mourn a personal or national loss or defeat.
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Parallelism
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A literary technique used in Hebrew poetry that thematically and structurally links two or more lines.
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Psalms of praise
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These psalms praise various characteristics or acts of God.
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Psalter
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A term for the collection of psalms in the Hebrew Bible otherwise called the Psalms.
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Royal psalms
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Psalms that deal with particular moments in a king's career, thanking God or asking God's blessing for the king's future.
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Synonymous parallelism
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A literary technique used in Hebrew poetry that repeats in immediately successive lines the same idea using different language or imagery.
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Synthetic parallelism
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A literary technique of Hebrew poetry in which a second line expands on the idea of the first line.
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Thanksgiving Psalms
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A psalm in which a person praises and thanks God for blessings or for being saved from some predicament.
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