Test 3 Flashcards
Meaning of Job’s name
- persecuted one
- to repent; enemy
- where is Father
date of Job
pre - post exilic
audience of Job
timeless, everyone after exile from Eden
Job setting
- Earthly: during Patriarch times, Uz
- Heavenly: dialogue btwn God and Satan
Uz
outside Promise Land, region of Edom, present day Jordan
unique perspective of author and reader
omniscient view, readers know more than characters
Purposes of Job
- Job’s integrity
- problem of evil
- superiority of divine wisdom over human wisdom
retribution theology
obey/ disobey the Lord and be blessed/ cursed
Job’s 3 friends
Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar
The 4th friend
Elihu, younger
Job’s 1st challenge from God
Do you know how the universe works
Job’s 2nd challenge from God
Do you understand God’s justice and power
orthodoxy
right teaching
Job themes
- Oversimplified
- Superiority of God’s wisdom
Job Anticipation of the Gospel
- Jesus as Supreme Manifestation of God’s wisdom
- Jesus as THE Righteous Sufferer