and so on and so forth. There are two particular books of the Old Testament‚ Job and Ecclesiastes‚ stand out from the crowd. They ask and seek to address the fundamental questions of life and spirituality. Before diving into content and themes‚ it is important to acknowledge structural differences between the two books. Job is told from the third person and is a story with a clear sequence of events and plot. In fact‚ "it is likely that versions of Job were told by many peoples of the region." (Seow
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One can analyze Woterstorff’s reflections through the use of Kubler-Ross’ five
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The Book of Job The Book of Job illustrates a question that has been asked countless times: “Why do innocent people suffer?” Job was a man of great wealth‚ and blessed with a huge family of seven sons and three daughters. Job was not only an affluent family man‚ he was also defined as being “blameless and upright and feared God and shunned evil.” Despite Job’s righteousness‚ he encountered great loss and tragedy. Although a direct answer is not provided for why innocent people are allowed to suffer
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How do the Book of Job and the Labourers in the Vineyard demonstrate that God’s justice is not our own justice and that our rationality does not confine God’s freedom and wisdom? The journey we take in life can be based on how we perceive what is right‚ what we are free to do‚ and our knowledge of things. Reasonable behaviour and thinking‚ also known as our rationality‚ can be distinguished from how God’s justice‚ freedom and wisdom. Is it possible that our own moral values can differentiate from
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But which method is most appropriate is a hot debate in Christianity today. This paper is an exegesis study that analyses the celebrated book of Job from the Old Testament‚ which historical account‚ or perhaps moral folktale‚ is set in the period of the Patriarchs around the time of Abraham that makes it one of the oldest books of the Bible. The Book of Job‚ which is named after the main character of the text‚ questions the justice of a God who was expected to offer protection in return for loyalty
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to describe The Book of Job. This Old Testament piece of wisdom literature plays out like a great play‚ on Broadway‚ which includes suspense‚ heartache‚ a want for justice‚ a whirlwind of a climax‚ and a feel-good resolution that leaves the audience content yet somewhat puzzled at the same time. What was the story all about? How can a man who exemplifies “virtue and faith‚ ” as spoke by God in Job 1:8‚ suffer so violently? Where was the “wisdom” in this piece of literature? Job is chock-full of
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Gilgamesh and the Book of Job‚ the gods and God play pivotal roles in their journeys. Each is sent on a journey in which they are put through trials to overcome. Both are tragic‚ but through the misfortunes they display the faults we have as humans. For instance‚ in the Book of Job‚ Job struggles with trust and faith in what God has promised‚ which is eternal life. Meanwhile‚ Gilgamesh struggles with the same idea of death; he seeks a solution to an everlasting life. In the book of Gilgamesh‚ the
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