THE BOOK OF JOB 2
The Book of Job is a profound book that tells the benefits of patience in long- suffering. It narrates the story of a man called job and how he suffered in a paradox but conquered at the end of it all. The writer of this book is poetic in nature since he or she uses poetic elements to narrate the story. The book builds suspense as Job's reaction towards his situation is a determinant of the prize. This paper analyses the book of job using a different perspective that we will discuss below.
The authorship of this book seems to be unknown but can be traced when it was written. The
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It could be Moses wrote the story of Job in Aramaic but was later rewritten in Arabic since different expressions theme Arabic expression.
The dating of the book of job is clearly shown using the different pieces of evidence even as discussed in our first chapter. The book of job as shown by Hartley, (1988); He shows that job was written before the Exodus. He expounds that Job came from Bozrah a capital city of Edom which was the homeland of Esau, the twin brother of Jacob. This was before the exodus. Job lived in 17000-1500 B.C when the Israelites were suffering in Egypt as explained by Hartley.
Archeologically, the historical and geographical details given in the book of job are accurate and reliable. The different creatures discussed in the book of job are proven to have existed in the time of Job. While Job lived in his greatest doubts, his experience reveals the most important truths of life. He sought why evil prevails, but his answers look at the hippopotamus and the crocodile. Thereby this book raises moral insights into a
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THE BOOK OF JOB 4
Ideally, the different arguments verify that Job is not a fictional character. It also shows that Moses most probably was the author of the book of Job according to the dating of the books of job. The book possibly was written 140 years after Job died as a fulfillment of his wish as shown in the book of job. The paradox in the story of job is shown as answers to different people's situation as explained by the different writer. The different writers of the
Bible and Quran agree since evidently the events that are written in the same books are similar and are merely contrasting despite being referred to by different faiths. This point shows that the story of Job is credible and trustworthy hence not fictional since the date when they the book was written is clearly established by the different authors.
The audience of the book of job is anyone presently, but the original audiences of
Instead of encouraging him and speaking the truths of the Lord, they blame and discourage him, assuming that everything that is happening to him is due to his own fault. This verse’s significance also rises from the fact that it reveals that Job only needs and only relies on the Lord. Even though his own friends turn against him and falsely accuse him, Job’s faith is not shaken and he continues to seek the Lord. This fact shows Job to be faithful, perseverant, and dedicated to his Father. Job knows that the wicked, perhaps including his friends, are “reserved for the day of calamity…and…will be led forth at
Before reading The Book of Job, as translated by Stephen Mitchell, I had no prior experience reading this in the bible. After reading this story, the theme of the story stood out to me as a man’s test of faith. Throughout the story, Job is presented with obstacles to his faith in a God figure, by a figure of Satan. Satan proposes to God that Job will lose faith in him if his circumstances are altered in a negative way. The first obstacle Satan presents is taking away the worldly possessions that Jobs loves.
Rowlandson frequently alludes to the book of Job- drawing a parallel between herself and the perfect Christian martyr. By describing her captors in association with Hell, she casts them as, not only, enemies of the Puritans, but enemies of God as well. Rowlandson does suffer the wrath of her mistress; however, she is met with much kindness from other Natives. For example, she is even given a Bible by one of her “savage” captors (Rowlandson 263). She is offered food by many other Natives (Rowlandson 269).
He still refers to Him as Almighty and recognizes His presence. Yet, he does question His righteousness and care for the Jewish people, when he questions why He would stay silent and why his fellow prisoners would worship Him. He explains his position, saying that “I had ceased to pray. I concurred with Job! I was not denying His existence, but I doubted His absolute justice” (45).
In my opinion, both Job and Odysseus were two of the most courageous upstanding men that I had ever seen. Job did whatever he could to keep his faith in God and at the same time, Job’s family was very important to him as well. No matter what test and tribulations that Job endured and went through, he refused to let anyone or anything get in the way of him and his faithfulness that he had for the lord. Job was chosen as a subject of a stern test of confidence, since he was undeniably the best man of confidence alive. God announced that Job’s loyalty and faith was in fact genuine.
As for me, I had ceased to pray. I concurred with Job! I was not denying His existence, but I doubted His absolute justice. ”(45). In the book you see other Jews experience a similar loss of faith.
In accordance to the poems regarding this notion, labor is portrayed in a negative manner where success cannot be won. For example, in “We Did Not Fear the Father,” by Charles Fort, the severity of toil is explored. In “What Work
Like Gilgamesh, Job faced heavy heartache and pain from loss as well. Job faced terrible tragedy losing his family, home, and health. Through his long journey, and dedication to his god, he is rewarded by restored health, many children, and double the wealth that he began with. “The Book of Job recalls the Epic of Gilgamesh. Job and Gilgamesh are tested by superhuman forces, and both come to realize that misfortune and suffering are typical of the human condition.
The Book of Job provides an example of how people should praise God by illustrating a blameless, responsible, and fearing man who will always turn away from evil. Therefore, this book presents the same man tortured by outside forces lacking the possibility to acquire help from family and friends. Throughout the reading in particular (14:11) demonstrates how there was a moment of weakness in which Job fails and ask for his death, but after all, he did not commit sin and endured waiting for his torment to banish. In addition, the book reveals how men turned against a man in need and instead judged him without understanding the sources causing his disgrace. However, the book provides a comparison in how humans behave by providing vivid examples of characters who showed behaviors illustrating how humanity functions.
To explain, Rowlandson compares the troubles she faces during her captivity with the hardships Job endured by expressing that she “only am escaped alone to tell the News” (Rowlandson 259). Rowlandson compares her surviving the initial attack by the Native Americans to Job’s servants escaping various tragedies in order to share the news of what happened. Likewise, Bradstreet compares her housing burning to Job losing all his possessions by explaining that she, like Job, “blest His name that gave and took” (Bradstreet 14). Both Rowlandson and Bradstreet compare their situations to the story of Job as a model to understand the meaning behind why God would give them such burdens and to help them get through their situations. Additionally, Rowlandson explains that before her captivity and before she “knew what affliction meant, [she] was ready sometimes to wish for it” (Rowlandson 288).
To begin with, both Job and Prometheus were physically harmed. In the Book of Job it states “Satan struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head,” (Job 2:7). Then in Prometheus Bound Hephaestus chains Prometheus to a rock and leaves him there with nothing to survive. Therefore, both men were physically harmed and put through very difficult situations physically. Another way the two stories are the same is that the two men both lost everything they ever had and loved.
Similar character connections are littered throughout each book as well as certain parts that can be found in the Holy Bible. Throughout this paper I will pursue the parallel
Job was a man of faith, he repented for little injustices. He was tested to prove his righteousness and succeeded. His children were killed, his cattle was killed, he was painfully diseased and his was wealth diminished. Through all this he remained faithful. His so called friends told him to abandon God as he had him.
Job owns seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yokes of oxen, three daughters, seven sons, and a wife-in short, prosperity. In addition, he is a respectful and religious man who worships God and lives a chaste life. However, God chooses to test Job and sets a list of punishments for him, who undergoes these challenges throughout the book of Job. There is a certain contradiction in a deity that punishes those who obey, and the story emphasizes the omniscience of God’s unique role in Job’s life. God’s seemingly capricious nature demonstrates the usage of power by an omnipotent figure, in terms of beneficence, retributive justice, and exploitation.
I concurred with Job! I was not denying His existence, but I doubted His absolute justice” (45). Before his struggle, he was emotionally and spiritually connected to God and spent so much of his time studying the Jewish faith. In contrast, after he experienced living in a concentration camp he questioned God’s motives and no longer believed in absolute justice. He doesn’t believe in the same God he once did; before, he believed in a benevolent and kind father of humankind, he now can only believe in an apathetic and cold observer of the Jew’s