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Book of Job Job was a righteous man who feared God and upheld divine standards. He abounded in gifts of mercy and acts of godly devotion. Job routinely offered sacrifices to atone for his children’s sins. Hence, God was quite pleased to observe as His servant maintained integrity in his dealings (Carney, 2014). The Almighty spoke about Job’s godly devotion to Satan the Devil. It was then that the latter questioned Job’s motives. In fact, Satan claimed that Job was primarily concerned with selfish

these accusations and claims against Job, the thought that he may truly be innocent never crosses any of the friends minds.7 And after his friend’s speeches, Job’s other friend Elihu cannot hold his thoughts in any more and begins a tirade against Job. Now after Elihu’s elders have spoken and have nothing left to say Elihu cannot hold his thoughts any more. He begins to go on a tirade against Job because he believes that Job is wrong to question God at all. He believes, as well as Job’s other friends

what he did to deserve suffering. As time goes on he slowly becomes sarcastic, impatient, afraid and believes God is unjust. Before Job drifts farther from God, he meets a man named Elihu. Elihu speaks wisdom to Job and makes him realize there is something good that comes out of suffering. After Job’s discussion with Elihu, God calls to Job to show him how little he knows about creation and His power. When Job regains his confidence in God, he claims God as almighty. When Job is translated into Hebrew

Philosophically written by an anonymous author Job is a reflective book in the Bible, focusing on common setbacks for Christian viewpoints. The author of Job may be acknowledged through reading. The author specifically addresses individuals with intimate faith in Yahweh (God). The author was also a well-traveled individual who could captivate on an abundance of knowledge and experience. He knew the constellations (Job 9:9; 38:31 ESV), could discuss meteorology (Job 38:22-38 ESV) or even describe

After analyzing the biblical book of Job, I have concluded that Job portrayed the characteristics of an idealist. Thus, the unknown author of the assigned scriptures consequently told Job’s story through the lenses of an idealist. When proposing an argument towards the metaphysical question of “How is the world?” the author ultimately suggests that the nature of the world is in the hands of a higher being (which is defined as the Hebrew God in this context). Such ideas are referenced in the author’s

Job was a righteous man who feared God and upheld divine standards. He abounded in gifts of mercy and acts of godly devotion. Job routinely offered sacrifices to atone for his children’s sins. Hence, God was quite pleased to observe as his servant maintained integrity in his dealing. The Almighty spoke about Job’s godly devotion to Satan the Devil. In fact, Satan claimed that Job was primarily concerned with selfish interests. God decided to allow Satan to bring trials upon Job to test the patriarch’s

The Book of Job The Book of Job has been praised but also neglected all at the same time. Its literary work is written in a poetry sense with a prose format and considered one of the greatest pieces of literature of all time. The Book of Job is one of first book of five generally called "The Books of Poetry", which contain Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon. The Book of Job is written in the Old Testament of the Hebrew Bible and the main theme that is seeks out is "Why

arguably the most difficult in the Bible. It was probably the first book of the Bible that was written. Commentators have consistently pointed out the challenges that they themselves encountered when trying to make sense of and translate this masterpiece of literature. Divine authority of the book and key passages. The Catholic Church teaches that the book was inspired by the Holy Spirit. It belongs to the genre of wisdom literature and the two key passages are: Job 13:15. “Though He slay me

Monsters in Job and Jewish Children’s Literature Monsters have a long history in Jewish literature, traceable from biblical text all the way to modern day publications. Although the context in which biblical literature and Children’s literature is written is vastly different, both attempt to achieve similar goals with their respective audiences. The stories in Job and the stories mentioned in Jody Eichler-Levine’s lecture share an emphasis on wisdom and the acquisition of knowledge. In this pursuit

compassionate. As one who is - as St. Augustine calls him - “Goodness itself”, how does God transform sufferings, commonly perceived to be evil, to become something good? To answer this question, I turn to the speeches of Elihu in the Book of Job. Unlike Job’s other friends, Elihu argues that humans have much to gain from sufferings. Additionally, I will also explore what God achieves on his part