OLD TESTAMENT POETS
Outline


William N. Harding
Biblical Theological Seminary

Prepared by John Bloom

Note: Quotations cited in the syllabus should be treated as paraphrases of the actual text. Critical points in the citation may have been condensed and rephrased to maximize the clarity of the quoted position.

62 pages,

This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from original documents provided by Dr. John Bloom

November, 2005.

© 2005 the Bloomsbury Research Corportation. All Rights Reserved.

CONTENTS.

GUIDE FOR EXEGETING THE PSALMS  2   002

I. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HEBREW POETRY  3

A. Peculiar Vocabulary  3   003

B.  Peculiar Grammar  4   004

C. Figurative Language (Translatable)  5   005  006  007  008  009

D. Parallelism  9   009  010  011

Synonymous Parallelism,  Antithetical Parallelism, Synthetic Parallelism,

E. Acrostics  11   011

Psalm 37, Psalm 111, Psalm 112, Psalm 119, Proverbs 31:10-31, Lamentations 1-4,
Psalm 9,10 (partial), Psalm 25 (Koph missing), Psalm 34 (Vav missing), Psalm 145 (Nu missing)

F. Rhythm  12   012

G. Meter  13   013  014  015  016  017 

H. Emotional Appeal  18   018


II. THE PSALMS  19  Audio: (1992) Psalm authorship and Psalm Titles

A. Biblical Material Concerning David  19   019

B. The Establishment of Psalmody in Israel  19   019  020  021  022  023

C. The Title of the Book of Psalms  23   023  024

D. The Authors of the Book of Psalms  24   024  025  026

E. The Formation of the Book of Psalms  26   026  027  028  029  030  031  032  033  034  035

1. Principles of formation  26

2. Extent of each book in the Book of Psalms  28

a. Book 1 (Psa. 1-41)
b. Book 2 (Psa. 42-72)
c. Book 3 (Psa. 73-89)
d. Book 4 (Psa. 90-106)
3. Book 5 (Psa. 107-150)

3. The Time of Collection of each Book in the Book of Psalms.  30

4. The Principle followed in the arrangement of the chapters  31

5. Evaluation of Perowne's View  31

F. Psalm Titles of individual Psalms 36   036  037  038  039  040  041  042  043

1. The Attitudes toward the Psalm Titles  36

2. The Antiquity of the Psalm Titles  37

3. The Authority of the Psalm Titles  38

4. Thirtle's Theory

>Thirtle, The Titles of the Psalms (1904)

G. Classification of the Psalms  43   043  044  045

H. A Guide for Exegeting Psalms  45   045  046  047  048  049  050  051

J. Exegesis of Messianic Psalms  51   051  052  053  054  055  056


III. JOB  56

A. Historicity of Job  56   056

B. Date of the writing of Job  56

C. Authorship of Job  57   057

D. A Summary of the Book of Job  57-62   057  058  059  060  061  062