Job Flashcards
To understand the full impact of the book of Job it must?
be read and understood as a whole.
It was likely written?
even before Genesis was written.
Eliphaz (roughly) bases his (bad) advice on?
personal experience.
Bildad (roughly) bases his (bad) advice on?
tradition
Zophar (roughly) bases his (bad) advice on?
doctrine
Elihu (the student) comes?
closest to an appropriate response
Job’s wife bases her advice on?
desperation, grief, and unbelief
The statements of Job’s friends, while technically “in the Bible”, cannot?
be used for doctrinal purposes, for they are often wrong. In the end of the book, God rebukes them for not speaking the truth about Him
Other Wisdom Literature of the Near East at this Time: (3)
1) “Man and His God”
2)“I Will Praise the Lord of Wisdom”
(or “The Poem of the Righteous Sufferer”)
3)“The Babylonian Theodicy”
What they (the friends) did that we can use in ministry? (3)
1) They came.
2) They wept (sympathized) with him.
3) They were present and saying nothing for 7 days.
Elihu’s view is that suffering can be?
preventative as well as punitive.
The whole monologue from God changes from?
considering God’s justice to considering God’s wisdom.
God’s message is (paraphrased):
Just as God’s wisdom is infinitely higher than Man’s, so God’s understanding of justice is higher than Man’s. So it should be no surprise that we might not always ‘get’ God’s justice.
Why is Job at peace when none of his questions have been answered?
Because Job has accepted the fact that God’s wisdom is so high above his own that the most healing thing is to know God rather than knowing all the answers.
The book of Job is?
testing retribution theology (The righteous will prosper and the wicked will suffer).
