Poetry of the Old Testament

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Yes its true. The old testament is filled with lots of poetry especially the book of proverbs and songs of Solomon. This tells us the usefulness of proverbs and its impact from the olden days. I agree with this author. The book is complete.
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Well, I think the author's intention was to retell the stories of the Old Testament and trying to fill in the gaps between them and Psalms doesn't contain any such stories. Although poetic, it wouldn't fit in this book.
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Yes, I agree. He is not writing on the whole Old Testament. He is writing on the stories about Israel as a nation. This must exclude the poetic books.
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Post by Nikolas Farmakis »

I do not agree with the author's choice, as Poetry is also an aspect of the Old Testament. Even though it is not historical in nature, Poetry, such as the Psalms, can add value and reveal many of God's promises.
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Post by Bernice Ayo-Ajayi »

The poetry of the Old Testament is interesting to read, but I do not see how they would have helped in telling the history, which it appears was the author's primary intention. Also, the stories surrounding the poetry are mostly told by the other books of the Old Testament.
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I don't think Psalms is essential to the old testament. I agree with the author.
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I think his focus was ,more, on the stories. The poetry section would be more tasking to transform into storylines. The author could do a whole new book using the poetry alone.
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I think it is excusable that the author left out Psalms and Proverbs. As interesting as those books are, they do not capture any real stories that would have helped convey the author's message.
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Post by Claris L »

Daniel_ wrote: 05 Aug 2019, 00:15 Well, I think he left it out because it doesn't have a direct story line. For example, most of the chapters in the book of Psalms were written by David, but they were written at different periods of his life which have with different story lines.
I also agree that he left it out because the poetry doesn't have a direct storyline, but also because it would have been hard to fit in with the rest of the Old Testament in the book. I hope the Psalms are discussed in another book, however. I do enjoy reading them.
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Well the book followed a specific pattern. Probably, psalms and songs of solomon wasn't part of it
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Well, poetry and religion are quite fascinating. Looks like an interesting book. Nice review.
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Post by Ify-babe »

There is a lot of things to talk about in the book of Psalms, which I believe the author thought he won't be able to exhaust them all. The songs of Solomon is also a part avoided by most preachers. Maybe because of its love context which is not in point in the book.
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Post by Bennaji »

If he left the poetical side of the old testament, then maybe, he has his reasons. The book of Psalm is a very important book of the Bible and I feel like he should have added it.
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