October 12, 2011
Why a second speech? One might think that one speech from Yahweh would be enough. Perhaps it is a literary device. The two speeches may reflect the two council scenes in the Prologue–a “prologue” (1:1-5) heads the two council scenes and an “epilogue” (42:7ff) follows the two Yahweh speeches. That may be true, but it […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Behemoth, Bible-Job, Chaos, Evil, Job, Job 40-41, Leviathan, Suffering, Yahweh Speeches |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
October 4, 2011
Whatever the nature of the pause in Job 28, the narrator resumes Job’s voice in Job 29-31. This is Job’s final speech (“the words of Job are ended,” 31:40). It divides into three sections: (1) Job remembers the past (Job 29), (2) Job protests the present, and (3) Job swears out a writ (Job 31). […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Bible-Job, Ethics, Job, Job 29, Job 30, Job 31, Lament, Self-imprecation, Wisdom |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
September 23, 2011
It is not a complete cycle. Eliphaz’s speech is shorter than his previous two (Job 22), Bildad’s speech is the shortest in the whole dialogue (Job 25), and Zophar does not even speak. The friends are clearly exasperated and Job, too, is done with them. One might say they are no longer “friends.” The Friends […]
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Theology | Tagged: Bible-Job, Humanity, Job, Job 22-27, Judgment, Lament, Transcendence, Wicked |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks