ࡱ> PRO (bjbjFF $D$$SSSSSgggg8,gj"xzzzzzz?!VzSzSS^SSxx:,SS\KgB~ x0 R7"7"\S\ :    Notes on Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Proverbs, and Psalms Ecclesiastes --Koheleth or Qoheleth is Hebrew for Preacher --The book is arguably very old; is a kind of extended poem --whats odd about this text is that it doesnt seem God is there in the text/the text seem to lack any notion of covenant theology --vanity is more accurately translated as breath so the repeated references to all is vanity are more accurately all is breath or breath of a breath --imagery of wind and breath; Hebrew word for breath is hebel (hear the breath sound in this word) --a major theme is that humankind is time bound sometime our life will be over, the pattern of breath in/breath out will sometime be breath out for the last time --beginning of the book seems to draw in breathan echo of Genesis when God breathed the Spirit into man --watch the description of the person who has everything, has tried everything, who has wisdom but where has it gotten the person? --the text talks of no new thing under the sun and no remembrance of things past --because the life (breath) in others will also wear out, youll (any person) be forgotten --Koheleth is describing transience all has been forgotten/you will be forgotten --wisdom, sex, possessions, positionnone of these can give humans ultimate meaning in life --nothing by which humans can ultimately be redeemed, but you may enjoy wisdom, riches, delights of the body, being alive, being able to enact the minds and the bodys capacities --some passages to note where the theme is repeated: 2:16, 4:13, 5:12, 5:15, 7:23, 9:2, 9:4, 11: 4, 6; all of chapter 1212:2 means before your eyes fail; 12:3 grinders are teeth; 12:4 doors on the street are ears; 12:6almond treethe reference is to gray/white hair/old age Song of Songs --theory is that this book is the work of Solomonprobably not his work --deeply erotic text and this sense of eroticism worried Biblical compilers/those of Biblical tradition --many traditionalists then attempted to make the text an allegory in the Jewish tradition the allegory was the love of God for Israel; in the later Christian tradition, the allegory was the love of Jesus for the Church; --the text is poetry, tremendous love poetry, that celebrates the joy and beauty in sexuality --frequently it is hard to recognize who is speaking --several dreams depicting the huge anxiety of women in the ancient world, beginning in 3:1 expressing the anxiety of a woman in love who cant find her beloved --in this culture, very serious and dangerous for a woman to go out alone (3:2) --3:4, the womans relief in finding her beloved --3:6ff woman describing what she desires in the male --4:1-15 male glance/gaze of love, follows down the female body --2nd dream in 5; 5:2 the fears, 5:7, 8 the violence done to the woman; demonstrates again the long history of desire of female for male and the violence done to females quote of Jewish scholar, Akiba, on Song: the whole world is not worth the day on which the Song of Songs was given to Israel, for all the Scriptures are holy, but the Song of Songs is the Holy of Holies Proverbs --another example of wisdom literature --consists of sayings, commands, and admonitions (hortatory style), and of long poems --purpose to transmit ideas of how a young person might learn to cope with life --notion that wisdom (fear of the Lord sense) brings success/long life; folly or wickedness brings destruction --watch the shifting presentation of womensometimes wisdom is personified as a woman (Ch. 8); also the image of the loose or seductive womanCh. 7 --Ch. 6:6 fable like part on the industrious ant --Ch. 31:10-end on the wise womangreat to use in honor of mothers Psalms --like an anthologythe author is unknown though editors frequently attribute the psalms to David --presented orally/musicallydancers, singers/instruments --the psalms represent all of life in Israelritual, honor of king, wisdom, lament, thanksgiving Types of Psalms Enthronement Hymns: celebrating Gods kingship Songs of Zion: expressing devotion for the Holy CityJerusalem or City of Zion Laments: either individuals seeking deliverance from illness or false accusation OR a nation asking for help in time of distress Songs of Trust: individuals expressing confidence in Gods readiness to help Thanksgiving: individuals expressing gratitude for deliverance Sacred History: nation recounts the story of Gods dealings with it Royal Psalms: to be used for coronation or royal weddings and such occasions Wisdom Psalms: meditations on the life and ways of God Liturgies: often mixed types, composed for some special cultic or historical occasions (ceremony for renewing the covenant) Ps. 1wisdom psalm Ps. 2 coronation psalm Ps. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 laments, prayers for deliverance from illness, from personal enemies Ps. 8song celebrating Gods glory and the God-given dignity of humans Ps. 9, 10laments Ps. 19 hymn to God as creator and lawgiver Ps. 23psalm of trust (the Lord is my shepherd) Ps. 42lament, prayer for healing and for the pilgrimage Ps. 51 lament, prayer of deliverance Ps. 89 Kings prayer for deliverance Ps. 90 group lament Ps. 120 lament Ps. 121 a liturgy of blessing Ps. 122 song: praising Zion as the pilgrims goal Ps. 123 a group lament Ps. 124 thanksgiving for national deliverance Ps. 125 group lament, prayer for national deliverance Ps. 126 prayer for deliverance from national misfortune Ps. 127, 128 wisdom psalm Ps. 129 and 130 laments Ps. 139lament Ps. 150 a doxology (summative hymn of praise) PAGE  PAGE 1 <=JK{|? 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