4 Job

Question 1

date

Answer 1

during the patriarchal period most likely

Question 2

why do we think those dates?

Answer 2

• offers sacrifices w/o priests (pre Sinai)- flocks were his wealth- age Job lives to - 140 - time of Joseph/Moses - 120- no reference to Mosaic covenant

Question 3

author

Answer 3

not sure

Question 4

Is Job a real person?

Answer 4

debate but little to prove he’s not

Question 5

key people

Answer 5

Job, his 3 friends: Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar - then Elihu

Question 6

key theme

Answer 6

why do the righteous suffer?

Question 7

the wisdom of God transcends…

Answer 7

human understanding

Question 8

verses…

Answer 8

countering view that the wicked suffer for their actions - sometimes we don’t know why the faithful suffer

Question 9

the righteousness of God …

Answer 9

transcends all human righteousness

Question 10

there are how many series of speeches?

Answer 10

3

Question 11

pre Series interaction

Answer 11

Satan before God - Job to be tested by tragedy

Question 12

1st Series….

Answer 12

4-14 - discoursive wisdom between - Eliphaz, Job, Bildad, Job, Zophar

Question 13

2nd Series…

Answer 13

15-21 - Eliphaz, Bildad, Job

Question 14

3rd Series….

Answer 14

22-27 Eliphaz, Bildad, Elihu

Question 15

When God answers He reveals

Answer 15

His greatness

Question 16

Job responds with

Answer 16

silence

Question 17

Job then…

Answer 17

repents and there’s restoration

Question 18

What’s God’s disposition to the friends in the end?

Answer 18

not happy with them

Question 19

Job does….

Answer 19

intercedes for them

Question 20

job means in hebrew

Answer 20

the enemy (satan is just Enemy)