Wisdom 1.2 Hebrew Poetry Rhyming Thoughts, and How to Study Through the Psalms

Film Focus: Kristin Van Tilborg begins this video by speaking about the authorship of the Psalms. Next, she examines the literary devices used to make the Book of Psalms true poetry and highlights the places where Jesus utilizes these devices as well. She concludes the video by discussing the different types of Psalms.

Text Focus: Pages 407-414

Discussion Questions:

1. The genre of the Psalms is poetry. What makes the Psalms poetry?
2. Open your Bible and find at least one example of synonymous parallelism and at least one example of antithetical parallelism present in the Book of Psalms. How does the use of parallelism effect the meaning?
3. How is the teaching of Jesus connected to the Psalms? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about David?
4. List and describe each of the different types of Psalms.

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