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Themes within Deuteronomy

1) God as Creator

2) God as One Who Blesses

3) God as an Electing God

4) God as Promise Maker

5) God as Champion of the Least of These

6) Human Beings as Sinful Creatures

7) Human Beings as Good & Responsible Creatures

8) God as Judge

9) God as Savior

10) Walking with God

11) God as Merciful

12) God as Relational & Loving

13) God as Holy

14) God as Lawgiver

15) God as Covenant Keeper

16) God as King

Outline of Deuteronomy

1:1-4:43 = The Acts of YHWH from Sinai to the Jordan (Sermon #1)

4:44-28:68 = The Law of YHWH (Sermon #2)

29:1-34:12 = The Covenant with YHWH (Sermon #3)

Observing Grammatical Relationships

1) Chronological Connectors (Revelation 11:11)  

2) Location Connectors (Hebrews 6:19-20) 

3) Connectors of Cause (Deuteronomy 7:12) 

4) Connectors of Result (Romans 9:16)

5) Connectors of Purpose (Romans 4:16)

6) Connectors of Contrast (1 Corinthians 10:5)

7) Connectors of Comparison (Ephesians 5:25)

8) Emphatic Connectors (Genesis 22:2)

 

Observing Literary Relations

1) Comparison 

2) Contrast

3) Repetition

4) Continuity

5) Discontinuity

6) Climax

7) Pivot

8) Cause-Effect

Outline of Ruth

1:1-5     Introduction: the family of Elimelech

1:6-18   Naomi's concern: marriage of daughters-in-law

1:19-22 Naomi's grief, emptiness

2:1-2     Dialogue: Naomi and Ruth

2:3-17   Dialogue: Ruth and Boaz

2:18-23 Dialogue: Ruth and Naomi

3:1-5     Dialogue: Naomi and Ruth

3:6-15   Dialogue: Ruth and Boaz

3:16-18 Dialogue: Ruth and Naomi

4:1-2     Legal process: land, marriage, heir

4:13-17 Naomi's fullness in newborn son

4:18-22 Genealogy: the family of David 

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