Monday, February 18, 2013

Definitions of Literary forms in the Old Testament

Humour; a comic, absurd or incongruous quality causing amusement

Irony; The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

Fable; a short tale/story  to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as chracters

Genealogies; a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group etc.

Laws; the body of rules and principles governing the affairs of a community

Dreams; a series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occuring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep

Myth; an attempt to explain how things came to be

Poetry; literary work in metrical form

Proverb; a short popular saying, usually of unknown or ancient origin, that expresses effectively some common place truth or useful thought.

Sermon; a speech/address for the purpose of religious instruction

Prophecy; an utterance or message often given by a prophet about the future

History; the record of past events and times

Legend; a story, which tells about the lives of great and revered ancestors or figures of the past.

List; an itemized series of names, words etc. usually recored in a set order.


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