Defintions Of Literary forms in the Old Testament

 

• Humor = A comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement.
• Irony= The use of the words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.
• Fable= A short tale to each a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters.
• 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 occurring 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 commonplace 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 the past events and times.
• Legend= A story, which tells you about the lives of great and revered ancestors or figures of the past.
• List= An itemized series of names, words, etc.., usually recorded in a set order.