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Lesson 12

The Wisdom Books

The wisdom books offer commentary on the human condition, what it means to live the drama of human life in all of its joys and sorrows, and how to relate to and worship God.

Lesson Vocabulary

  • Books of Wisdom
    :
    (n.): A genre of writing in the Bible that is a broad collection of instruction for living a just, moral, and holy life through poetry, song, parables, or short pithy statements.
  • Problem of Evil
    :
    (n.): A question stemming from universal human experience: If God, who is all-powerful, all-good, and all-loving, created a world that is good and cares for all His creatures, why do evil and suffering exist? Only the Christian Faith as a whole provides an answer to this question, specifically in the redemptive suffering, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ.
  • Psalms
    :
    (n.): 150 poetic hymns and prayers found in the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament. They have been used in prayer since the time of the ancient Jews and continue to be prayed at Mass, in the Liturgy of the Hours, and in other forms of prayer. King David is believed to have written around half of them. They constitute the complete expression of human emotion and experience of worship of God.
  • Parallelism
    :
    (n.): A literary device frequently used in Hebrew poetry that pairs two corresponding lines together in some way.
  • Synonymous Parallelism
    :
    (n.): A form of parallelism in which two lines repeat the same thought in different ways.
  • Antithetical Parallelism
    :
    (n.): A form of parallelism in which two lines contrast with one another, with the second inverting or stating the opposite of the first.
  • Synthetical Parallelism
    :
    (n.): A form of parallelism in which the second line completes or expands upon the thought of the first.
  • Staircase Parallelism
    :
    (n.): A form of parallelism in which ensuing lines build upon the thought of the previous ones.
  • Emblematic Parallelism
    :
    (n.): A form of parallelism in which the second line uses a symbol or metaphor to communicate the thought expressed in the first.
  • Qoheleth
    :
    (n.): Hebrew for “one who brings together an assembly.” An alternate title for the Book of Ecclesiastes.
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