Bible crossword 8: Psalms, Song of Songs and Lamentations

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

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 was 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

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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,

Brief Bible book summaries and meditations

Book of Psalms Book of Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon) 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 Psalm 68 Psalm 103 Psalm 113 Active faith: Psalm 121

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