b'AVAILABLE VOLUMESKERUX COMMENTARIES KERUX COMMENTARY SERIES A Commentary for Biblical Preaching and TeachingKerux Commentaries enable pastors and teachers to understand and effectively present the main message in a biblical textK erux commentaries enable pastors and teachers to understand and effectively present the main message in every biblical text. EveryEach volume uniquely combines the insights of an experienced Bible exegete (trained in interpretation) and a homiletician volume is written by an expert in biblical exegesis and an experienced homiletician in partnership. The result is a commentary that is focused on biblical insights for biblical teaching, with communication strategies and illustrations that are powerful and engaging. (trained in preaching). These two authors work together to explain the essential message for the original listeners or readers, Each volume is divided into distinct preaching segments, in which the authors guide the reader through a well-tested sequence: exe- unpack its timeless truth, and then provide a contemporary restatement and communication insights for the key biblical concept. getical analysis, theological focus, and teaching strategy. Based on the text-driven Big Idea preaching model, Kerux enhances the readersEvery book is a resource designed and written with the real needs of the pastor and teacher always in sight, providing many ways to ability to deliver a message that is biblical, cohesive, and dynamic. creatively express the principal thought in a biblical passage.Based on the Big Idea preaching model, Kerux enhances the readers ability to deliver a message that is biblical, cohesive, EXEGETICALTHEOLOGICALPREACHING/and dynamic.ANALYSIS FOCUS TEACHING STRATEGY Introduction to the Wisdom PsalmsIntroduction to the Wisdom Psalms Proverbs (Hebrew; cf. NIV) Amen-em-ope (Egyptian; 12001000 B.C.) tecrmtio nRefv eplsaatolmrys(niso a pbpelcieadu steotah ecye ratlaoinnecaorle-Th uontli khea vteh et oCanoararny itief st, htehireGHoed- le o t breewresf odried, n w23:4 Do not ruin yourself seeking riches C3h. 174; linesWork only for necessities rellvelcartiipotnu,r we,hicuht )i sb aecnaouthsee rt hteerym avpopllviec adbilvei ntoe weo uolvde brteu rrnuleidn gb tyomoorrmowpe, tiift ohris roedig, nl emaviginhgt1 a S b in b a c g25:2122 Feed your enemy and God wil reward you 2:5. . . andc te tFeshedam foeodls until they are ful laotmedm tuo nGicoadtiso nla (wbsy,wwhisadre is a wisdom charac-ovmer,amneda tnesa) cthhiantg iss . rIen-sh eorn oflni ctth ea nwdr otnhgesgidoede thheoodern a the Wisdom Psalms, the idee w) oorf shthipep c this means for th (w ml oissi ningcharge. What Proverbs (Hebrew; cf. NIV) Ahiqar (Assyrian; eighth century B.C.) teristiocn itnra wstheidc.h tohme er igphsatelmousscaanllde dt hTeo wraichkeodr r eare c S in this wisdom feature.oesaitdioern aaln adb boromises ulti eGveord issnthaatut rwe hias tsetvilelr t hise p craospe-. d But Gods p to Israel and certain Is-6:15 Do what is necessary to free yourself9: linesPay back a loan as soon as possible Widhaactt itch edyodnoo th acvoen tias uscotimone s mora nrneveer aolef df owciulls, rnistliittuest ioanrea lno cth nsthome sm f io thaelfrom a debt quickly 13034 ae uercche ssaanridlyea inedvriduo19: If you spare the rod, you hate your child 6: line 81 Spare the rod, spoil the child thnr oGuogdh sg elanwesr aol rc rineasttrion or specific communi- P d o believe, going in, that 13:2184; cf.ch tim Yetahlle apvseanlm sc ofamllm inutnoi ctahtei ocna, tetghororyu gohf Christians. How one rreeasudps pmoasnedyttehxetos loing itchael au ona.nto cosmalmmsitmeepnetnsd. sS onm ep 20:20 Those who curse parents wil be snufed9: line 137 The gods curse those who do not honorwhich God also re wveaayl so hr iTmosrealhf,(wGitohd ss urbecvaetlae wahya,t eevveerniisftsrpuirei tfuoarlIrsartaheelris tout like a light their parents g ht w tharnu eli tienr aslo, mfoer26:2 A misspoken word never rests, like a7; line 98 A word is a bird, it flies away and nevertoorryie ssp oofk ethne W riogrd).cusparrowreturns thoedsh drecahli.n Ost hweritsh hIasvrea elb ewenere t auregshttr icttheadtG g27:3 A fools anger is heavier than stone or8; line 111 THREE MODES OF REVELATION to SsandNothinrg t h(eavne dn eab ltoad of sand or salt) isIN THE OLD TESTAMENT tra nitssf ehrsis tdoirreyc, talyn do rt hinadt inreoctt leyv teor yChcrirsitpitaunrse.b heavie GOD The docfetrrianbslteo rical contexts, about this He-al etmo mphoadseisr nh reerea dwerilsl , bweh oon l iwveh iantinte In ctthuea lO bTu te m io g to another major gennreta, isnu cah as Praisec PSALMIST SEER/PROPHET is tranesnot dh wi ho is also the NT God and Father s spoercaial llayb, iwlitiys. hTho i s not stupidore lLonaemde vnetr. sSuus crhig p s R E S P O N S E R E V E L A T I O N driffeewr uGs the Christ, the unique Son of God. fo domei s pnpoot saitbeo uotf (wick hstealomuss ) coor didactice (rrmevoenlai- bIntroduction to the Psalter or ig leisoer apnetr bountssp itrhietualloyl , awnd ethically defi- tory word) element, but in terms of structureof JesIntroduction to the Psalterthe lwn 3:361456), these are not iden-(Dahood 1970, (those that exalt Yahweh [] as king in the past,tical languages. Still, Ugaritic word usage and cient. Hebrew wisdom is found not only in thec(G ) rbeseelonncge tofaanother classifi- SAGE Doctrinal the way of wisdom psalms o oart ifoonr.m The amtteurneg p o w Theologically, theology. New lessons were communicated incontrolled creationthat the sea is just water, notpresent, or future) were dubbed Enthronementgrammatical features offer possible solutions for soa-sctaelsl)e db uWt iasldsoom in B thoeks s(aJoltber,Parnodv earmbso, nEgc ctlhee- osrpteor iciotsp e odvoeersa lnl otp umrpakosee a oprs almis dowmis dvoemrse MAN R E F L E C T I O N MAN pruemseanntlGifeo bdy a ps rhoavvidiningg g cralecaior ucoslmy mintaenrdvse nfoerd h iinsthe est age of a culturea god, and only their God is truly Lord. Psalms by some earlier scholars (e.g., Gunkelsolving some remaining obscurities in Hebrew. s PPireo pchonettsra. sAtbweiisndgo mma tdeex tb eist woefteenntihdee nritgifihetedo buysa 11, 27 (lament), and 34,design, e.g.,hablished literary langu s and1998, in toto) because Mesopotamian kings wereMost significant have been the religious (myth-in order to be understood. That the word salmsreaffirmed as king through a special celebrationological) texts, which contain terminology also ways of OT psalms mirror Canaanite p re- ritual or festival, so a similar ritual was assumedused in the OT, especially the Psalms (e.g., Baal t Psalms36, 105106people (Ps. 1). The faithful will receive what has ohr wsiosneadnode st hweh watic ikse rdi gohrt f ooor ljiushst p aenrdso gne. nAe wrailslye (praise).is daopmpli, eadstao b J rooba,d craotveegrobrsy,,Einc ctlhee-THEOLOGICAL EMPHASES bin no way minimized the revelatory andtheto have occurred in Israel in light of the contextthe storm god who rides a chariot across the sky, per OT is ofW P treuesntipnr hoims ipsreedc e(pPtss.a3n7d).pGroovdi ssioanves s( Ptsh.o 4s9e) .w Bhuotmarkable and revolutionary message ofandof these psalms. However, this remains specula- Lotan the sea monster or dragon, and El the an-tenis rewarded witvhit aysauncdce ssastfiuslf aocrt iobnle. sAsecdco lridfei ning siaes tleast,t earnde csaoumsee tiitm a elss ot oisScoalnlegdotfh S withOF THE WISDOM PSALMS he does not guarantee a trouble-se aasnodn ca dy-l7lo3w). EPHESIANS HEBREWSIsraelite Psalter. But as poetic prayerstion. Therefore, the classification Royal Psalmscient god whom Baal wants to dethrone, with t er Pmssa lmof1lo4n:1g (e= 53:1), a fool is one who decidesof Solomon.e oSnognsg, when he wrote; however, Yahweh () wasla s (Pto th b Wisdom truth has to doNo psalmist thought about creating doctrinelifwe btore tahkoesreswtoh op raoresp laewrfkoere paeror tragens .afree praises composed throughout ancient Israeliteis preferred. More recently, attention has beenthe help of three other gods: Death, the Sea, and histor i y, they inevitably bore the cultural char- paid to parallels in Ugaritic religious and poeticLotan). The Canaanite words for these three are acterstics (perceptions and practices) of thosetexts (Keel, 1978, 1997 in toto; for ANE prayerthe same as the Hebrew words in the OT. The to live apart from Gods revelation and reality. e basedand is understood as uncehha n( ging) . oUffnerliekdetthhee Y() is a rock of safety and a redeemer LITERARY GENRE inxfpoerrmieantcioen-b aabsoedu tm thoer er itghhatn w paryosp thoe ltiivce-.knowC oaf thhwoeshe t whohsoewho rebel (Ps. 78).times, as the psalmists wrestle with and,wor- genres, see Longman, 2005, 4162). language used by Abraham in Canaan (ca. nine-seacnuaraitnyi toefdkeniotiwesin, gY athhwat he is not whimsicaltoward trust in him, yet his anger can burn o h We could say that the Psalms help uso b r o Gregory S. Magee &Herbert W. Bateman, IV ship their God in the midst of progress mi per- Ugaritic Language and Texts teenth century B.C.) would have been similar to plexities, and pain in relation to theiresxedThe Ugaritic language is a Northwest SemiticUgaritic but more similar to other contemporary a thisa tnn po pal ec oisu pb adsetda to. nH g avien gwh in nature Wisedmoem t h otc creuarsll yi nagaenurem fobre raopfs aplmsa lbmust uos who twofteoe tlh aibnok uatb Gouotd G wohdi l(eA olltehne 1r 9b8o0o, k4s1 te4a8c)h. wri tshu hjiesct eto isooedlanteiossn sahnipd as hTh rervdesa loefd wisidmosmelfpgseanlmersa lly present God experiences in light of divine promis dand Canaanite-type language, like Hebrew. SemiticCanaanite dialects.punishment. It has been demonstrate thatt in a Wisdom classification actuallyTh thoarti zhoanvtea l,a e xwpiesrdieonmti aclo trmuptho .w Thithenentloyal love. His wrath is only for sustaineedo prele-a Jeffrey D. Arthurs & Steven W. Smithahs aPtr fiati soet ohre rL wamelel-ndte. fiOntehde rli ptesraalmrys g seonmreest ismucehs come bpisnael mthsis h b (Pnsd.1sp9)e.c Hifiicsa pllryo mthirsoeusg ahn dve prbroanl cooumncmemuneinctast iaornethe Israelite and Canaanite traditions were notlanguages are grouped according to similari- Yet, Hebrew poetry was not limited to the includedthe nature of a psalm as response literature foerl lieonnt, earntadi nhme ennetv. erH tirs icrkusl eo ri st eeavseesr lpasting.trustworthy and lead to life (Ps. 119). strongly linked, similarities mainly existing onties by regions and compass directions (North,Psalter. Biblical psalms span both OT and NT, the technical levels of linguistics and stylisticsSouth, East, West). Hebrew is both Semitic and Moses and Miriam (Exod. 15; fifteenth978-0-8254-5834-7$29.99 978-0-8254-5839-2$36.99(Avishur, 1994, in toto).Canaanite, included in the category of north- fromy B.C.) to Marys Magnificat in Luke 74 75In theBaal and the OT Psalms gods were west Semitic. Ugaritic (deciphered from tab- centur i (ca.p 6e B.C.), followed soon after by thelets found near Ugarit [Ras Shamra in modern 1:4655ahsotic prophecy (Luke 1:6879). oftenANE, among polytheists,had devel- Syria]) is also northwest Semitic. The Ugaritic Zechar poetry or p b ossible remnant f s of com-at war among themselves or with humans. language has been important for developingHebrewmaye found rom (Mosaic?) In OT times, the Canaanite religiontraditionalnew linguistic theories about Hebrew lexicog- plete psalmsto the apostle John (Rev. 20; first oped to a stage where the older anda youngraphy and syntax as the Canaanite language Genesis 1:2by A.D.). Thus, the psalms as a chief deity, El, had been ousted by Baal,a coup closest to biblical (classical) Hebrew of whichto second centur as psalmic poetic expressions upstart, with the help of other gods ina large amount of texts are extant. Althoughliterary form orook of Psalms but are (such as Mot [Death] and Yamm [Sea] and theDahood produced a Hebrew grammar of the are not confined to the bipture. Sea Serpent, Lotan). This is why we read aboutPsalter (with Tadeusz Penar) in light of Ugaritic located throughout ScrBaal and not El in the OT. Thus, Baal, the stormgod, usurped control of the Canaanite pantheon.The Ugaritic Lotan (= ) and the Hebrew Le-viathan () are cognate in Semitic linguisticsBiblical Chronology of Various Psalms in Scripture(i.e., note the same consonants, L-T-N; t and thPsalm/Poetic Verse Content Location ca. Periodare interchangeable and each language was Traditional Authorwritten originally without vowels; the v in He- re Moses storm at Creation (paralelism) Genesis 1:2b 15th cent. B.C.*brew can also be o at times). Baal means Lord; Canaanite Baal Figurine, Louvmaster. The Hebrew words for G/god are: El *Genesis 1 could rather have originated among postexilic Levites for a Sabbath lesson ) 1446 B.C.(), Eloah (), and the plural ElohimSome scholars find parallels with certainMoses/Miriam Song () of the Sea ( Exodus 15 1420 B.C.(). When used in the pagan pantheon, theOT psalms among Mesopotamian mythologyMoses Psalm 90 OT Psalms 1300 B.C.latter term meant gods. When used in connec- texts like hymns and prayers). TheyDeborahs Song ( Judges 5tion with Yahweh (), the plural indicated the(religiousworship was a significant feature of Deborah greatest God. The Hebrew psalmists countered argue that(e.g., Kloos, 1986, in toto; see also the Canaanite theologians by claiming YahwehOT religion32968). 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