Questions from Bible Literature
Lesson five
What is a
Proverb? List one Bible Example:
A man reaps what he sows.
(Galatians 6:7)
This famous proverb fulfills the
classic definition of an aphorism — it is a concise, memorable statement of
truth. It is one of many proverbs you will discover in the Bible. In fact, the
Bible may be the most aphoristic book in the world. Proverbs are embedded
within its narratives and poems, and much of the New Testament is inherently
proverbial. And if that isn’t enough, the Bible has the wisdom literature of
Ecclesiastes and Proverbs.
What is a
satire? List one Bible Example:
Where can we find satire in the
Bible? Practically everywhere. To get a feel for the many forms in which
biblical satire appears, you may want to peruse some of these examples
What are
letters? What do they consist of?
Letters resemble the Greek and
Roman letters of the ancient world. To our modern eyes, they look like no
correspondence we have ever seen.
Name one person that wrote letters to deliver
a message in the bible:
Paul is responding to the heresy
of Gnosticism, which had taken root in the church at Colossae. Adherents of
Gnosticism claimed to have superior insight into the mysteries of religion
beyond ordinary Christian belief.
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