The Book of Job

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The Book of Job
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The Book of JobLesson 1

• Broad Themes
• How should the righteous suffer?
• How should man respond to the mysteries of God?

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The Book of JobLesson 1

• Job is a poetic work and considered one of the
  wisdom literature (Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes
  and Song of Solomon.)
• It follows various poetic forms
• Synonymous Parallelism
• Antitithetical Parallelism
• Synthetic Parallelism

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• Synonymous parallelism.
• A line strengthens, develops, reinforces or
  repeats the line before it.
• Matthew 77-8 Ask, and it shall be given you
  seek, and ye shall find knock, and it shall be
  opened unto you For every one that asketh
  receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to
  him that knocketh it shall be opened.
• Matthew 77-8 does not present 3 steps or types
  of prayer, but different ways of saying the same
  thing. The verses express that "God answers our
  prayer " by way of synonymous parallelism.

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• Synonymous parallelism.
• A line strengthens, develops, reinforces or
  repeats the line before it.
• Job 417
• Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a
  man be more pure than his Maker?

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• Antithetical parallelism.
• The most common parallelism in the Bible, where a
  line contrast the message or the point of the
  line before it.
• Psalms 3721
• The wicked borrow and do not repay,
• but the righteous give generously.
• Proverbs 101
• A wise son maketh a glad father
• but a foolish son is the heaviness of his
  mother.

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• Synthetic Parallelism
• The second half of the verse expands or develops
  the thought of the first half giving new detail
  or information
• Psalm 142
• The Lord looks down from heaven on the son of
  men
• to see if there are any who understand, any who
  seek God.

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• History or allegory?
• Ezekiel 1414 (Links Job with historical figures)
• even if these three men--Noah, Daniel and
  Job--were in it, they could save only themselves
  by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign
  Lord.

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• History or allegory?
• James 511 (References Job as person enduring
  real suffering for example)
• As you know, we consider blessed those who have
  persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance
  and have seen what the Lord finally brought
  about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

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• The Setting
• The patriarchal period
• Job and his friends speak a single language
  (prior to division among Semites)
• No reference to Exodus
• Job is religious head of his family
• Jobs age is similar to Patriarchs
• Pagan religions are only primitiveno developed
  systems as in Egypt

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• The Setting
• In land of Uz--a light, sandy soil, and was in
  the north of Arabia-Deserta (interior of Arabian
  peninsula), between Palestine and the Euphrates
• May be from son of Aram (Gen. 10) Arameans dwelt
  in Mesopotamia, between the rivers Euphrates and
  Tigris

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• Purpose of the book
• How should the righteous suffer?
• How should man respond to the mysteries of God?
• Is God just?
• Example, Job suffers unknowing of Satans
  challenge to God