Bible crossword 8: Psalms, Song of Songs and Lamentations

Crossword puzzle for chapter 12, Songs of the Community in Discovering the Bible by Alex Vareugheses

Challenge: Can you solve this puzzle even if you do not have the book by Varughese?

ACROSS

• 3 Who, rather than humanity, is at the center of the Psalms
• 7 A book written on the occasion of the fall of Jerusalem and the subsequent Babylonian captivity of Judah; the book (which tradition says was authored by Jeremiah) says sin is the cause of Jerusalem's destruction and is a plea for God's mercy
• 8 The number of sections or "books" of the Biblical Psalms

DOWN

• 1 Analysis of literary works according to structure
• 2 A book that celebrates human sexuality as a part of the love and affection shared by a married couple living out God's design
• 4 A basic building block of Hebrew poetry which refers to the relationship between two or more lines of verse
• 5 The Hebrew Bible's songbook which gives us the language with which to give praise to God and to pray to Him
• 6 A type of Psalms which are cries to God for help

Puzzle made at www.varietygames.com/CW/

This crossword puzzle was created for use in the course Introduction to Biblical Literature. Words and clues come from the textbook Discovering the Bible: Story and Faith of the Biblical Communities edited by Alex Varughese and published by Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, now called The Foundry.

    -- Howard Culbertson

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Book of Psalms     Book of Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon)  &nbp;  Book of Lamentations

Meditations on Psalms: Psalm 1     Psalm 14, 15, 16     World missions and Psalm 22     Psalm 23     Psalms 9 and 105     Psalm 37     Global hope: Psalm 65   nbsp; Psalm 68     Psalm 103    Psalm 113     Active faith: Psalm 121