Literary Forms In The Bible

What is a literary form?

• The language the Bible was written in
• English texts
• Types of writing used in the Bible
• Examples of covenant

A brief story that uses familiar, everyday lessons to teach an important truth about God

• Narrative
• Parable
• Prayer
• Myth

A book of songs and poems from the Bible

• Prayer
• Salms
• Psalms
• Samson

An imaginative story that uses symbols to speak about reality 

• Myth
• Parable
• Prophecy
• Gospels

A collection of short, wise sayings about everyday issues.

• Laws
• Prophecy
• Psalms
• Proverbs

A narrative is

• A story used to teach a moral lesson
• Someone talking about their own life
• A prayer to God
• A historical account of events that happened to God's people

The four gospels are

• Mathew, Peter, Mark and James
• Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
• James, Mark, John and Jesus
• Samson, John, Mark and Peter

Is the books of Acts in the Old or New Testament? 

• Old
• New

Literal language

• Upholds the exact or primary meaning of the words
• Uses the symbolic meaning of the words
• Is a made up story
• Is a word we use to prove a point

Figurative language

• Uses figures to explain what you mean
• Draws pictures to prove what you mean
• Is what you are literally trying to say
• Uses metaphors and figures of speech to mean something else