Ham's (son of Noah) significance to Israelite History

Our study group has another issue we aren't agreeing on...Noah has 3 Sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth….This we know...but we are not agreeing on the significance of Ham to Israelite History. Can you help?

Explain Shame

Hi, Our study group was told to understand the concept of shame in the Book of Psalms: well, we have found a number of verses like Psalms 83,14.6; 22.6 (5); 25.2, 3, 20; 31.2 (1), 18 (17); 37.19; 44.16 (15); 69.7 (6), 20 (19); 71.1; 89.46 (45); 119.6, 31, 46, 80, 116; 127.5 but outside of the verses themselves that we found, we haven't found any other sources that give an easy to understand "explanation of shame" regarding the Book of Psalms. Can somebody help us?

Dates?

I'm having trouble with dates...every source seems different...do I have this correct? Jonah=7th Century BC Micah=8th Century BC If anyone has the exact dates of their life that would be appreciated, too.

Covenants

Our study group has no clue about how the meaning of COVENANT differs in the Book of Psalms from the Prophetic Books. If anyone can clearly explain the difference in meaning between the two, we would very much appreciate a clear understanding.

tough definition

Can't seem to locate the definition of: Babylonian Theodicy..Please don't send me theodicy b/c I know that, I want the term Babylonian Theodicy explained.