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Job Flashcards

1
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What is the genre of this literature?

A

Wisdom Literature

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Is it historical?

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Not historical

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What quality does the book of Job have?

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Fairytale quality to it

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Is it settled in Israel?

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Not settled in Israel

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Is the name written in Hebrew?

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The name is not written in Hebrew, nor does it have a Jewish name

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What is the purpose of this story?

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Meant to be a recounted story

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How are the beginning and the closing chapters?

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The structure in the beginning and closing chapters is prose narrative frame

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How is the middle of the book?

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In the middle is back-and-forth dialogue poetry

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How many cycles are there in the chapters in the middle?

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There are three cycles in the in-between chapters

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What tool is used in the story?

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Repetition. Job pleads again and again for his case before God

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What is the Job Curse? What does he not curse?

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Job never curses God but does curse the day that he was born

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How is God’s speech when he speaks?

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God’s speech is poetic when he speaks

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13
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What does Job never do?

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NEVER curses God (Job)

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Which other book in the Old Testament is Job similar to?

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  • Exodus connection through the ten plagues with three
    cycles of three days each.
  • The tenth plague breaks the cycle.
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Compare Job with another book of a different nature.

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Job and Deuteronomy are NOT similar because unlike Deuteronomy, in Job there is no reward or punishment structure

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16
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What is the tone of the three friends? Why?

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The tone of the three friends is deuteronomistic because they argue that your action is matched with its sequential event

17
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What does Job seem to be like (nationality)?

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It seems like Job may be an Israelite

18
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What is theodicy?

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Theodicy: Righteousness of God

19
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What is justice?

A

Justice: Right of Relations

20
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What is G.K. Chester’s view on how Job’s friends interpret those who obtain goodness and those who receive punishment?

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G.K. Chester’s view on God’s own account is that the friends who believe those who are virtuous are greeted with goodness, and those who have acted unrighteously are greeted with oppression and poorness.

20
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What is a theme in Job?

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Resurrection in Job. Job and Daniel (and maybe Isaiah) prophecy that there will be a resurrection.

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