Details Title: Book Of Job Description: Book of Job Chapters 1-7 Total Flash Cards: 48 Created: 09/11/2008 18:40:12		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Bible Studies Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Who wrote the book? Definition We don’t know Term Outline of Job: Definition 1-2 Prologue 3 – Job curses day of his birth 4-27 dialogue b/w Job and Friends First Cycle of speeches (4-14) 4-5 – Eliphaz 6-7—Job 8 – Bildad 9-10 – Job 11 – Zophar 12-14 – Job 15-21 – 2nd cycle 22-27 – 3rd cycle 28 – hymn to wisdom 29-31 – Job’s affirmation of innocence 32-37 – Elihu’s speeches 38-42:6 – The Lord speaks 42:7-17 – Epilogue Term Real work? Definition Job treated as historical character (Ezek 14:14,20; James 5:1) Names of characters & places not symbolic Literary telling of a historical event Term Fictional work? Definition Ideal # of sons & daughters in prologue/epilogue Debate in poetry Repetition of God/Satan accounts & report of messengers Term Evidence of early setting of book Definition Patriarchal manner of sacrifice (Job offers sacrifice) Possessions measured in livestock 140 Lifespan -- like those in Genesis Term When was book written down? Definition Babylonian captivity Term Parallels to ANE Definition “The Protests of the Eloquent Peasant” “A Dispute Over Suicide” Term Where is Uz located? Definition Uz is located in Edom (Lam 4:21) Term Where is Eliphaz from? Definition Eliphaz is from Teman Term Satan’s role in man’s suffering Definition (1:12; 2:7) Outside of Job (Lk 13:16; Rev 2:10; 2 Cor 12:7) Term God’s role in man’s suffering Definition 1:21; 2:10; 5:18) Outside of Job (Isa 45:7; Lam 3:37-38) Term Eliphaz picture of the future Definition (Psa 91) “happy is the man whom God approves” Term Psalm 8 Definition “what is man”; “magnify & visits” –(parallel to Job 7) Term “fear of the Lord” Definition (1:8-9; 2:3) Prov 1:7 – beginning of wisdom Psa 111:10 – beginning of knowledge Term Only verse in Job quoted in the NT Definition (5:13) Term Satan is NOT referred to in dialogue of Job and friends Definition (as cause of suffering) Term Satan = Definition “adversary” NOT always used as reference to Satan of NT but as a human adversary Term Job called “My servant” Definition exalted title Term Word “curse” is translated Definition “bless” Term Resurrection is NOT an answer to the problem of Definition suffering in Job Term Job curses Definition day of birth; also in Jeremiah Term Humanistic view of Job says that Definition it doesn’t pay to serve God (use Eccl. as proof-text) Term Eliphaz & Friends speeches get Definition shorter while Job’s speeches get longer. Term Job is “blameless Definition & upright” (used 3X by God) Term Know quotes: (Job 1-2) Definition Speaker: “I alone have escaped to tell you” Narrator: “while he was still speaking” Job’s conclusion: “The Lord gives & Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Term Arguments of Satan to God: Definition 1st -- Job fears God b/c of “hedge” around him and b/c of his “blessings.” 2nd – Job’s trial not severe enough – “you didn’t let me touch him Term God’s limitations: Definition 1st – don’t touch him 2nd – don’t kill him Term when wife tells Job to curse God and die Definition Longer in LXX than MT (2:9) (usually LXX is 400 lines shorter than MT) Term When God & Satan work together Definition (ie: using testing): God works to build up—refine us; bring us back to him if we’ve sinned whereas Satan works to destroy – curse God; give up faith Term 3 Reasons why children die in Bible Definition result of David’s sin (2 Sam 12) Abijah taken away from evil (1 Kings 14) test Job (Job 1) Term Job 3 Definition Contains section of poetry Term Distinguish between Law, Prophets, and Wisdom literature Definition Law – “I am the Lord your God” Prophets – “Thus says the Lord” Wisdom – based on observation; experience Term Note: Job wishes to die, but Definition NEVER contemplates suicide Term 2 Sea Monsters used to trouble God’s people in Job: Definition Leviathan & Rahab Note: things nations attributed to their gods, Israel attributes to Yahweh Note: Satan portrayed as dragon defeated by God in Revelation. Term Sheol Definition a place of rest & peace Term (3:23) Irony: Definition the hedge of protection from ch.1 is now a “straight-jacket confining Job to where God will not let him go.” Term Job 4ff Note: not everything that Eliphaz Definition said was wrong Term Vocabulary links b/w Eliphaz and Job’s speech Definition “fear” (confidence) vs. “integrity” “upright” – used both by Eliphaz and God “breath” vs. “wind” “roaring” vs. “cries” Term Doxology (5:8-16) Definition God humbles the proud and lifts up the humble. Term Eliphaz Right: Definition we reap what we sow all are sinners before God God is sovereign over the world Term Eliphaz Wrong: Definition Makes proverbial statements as iron-clad rules Reasons from effect to cause He encourages Job to seek God for gain He is insensitive to Job’s suffering Term Job 6:5 – image of cattle eating: Definition One does not complain if he receives what he needs (Talking about God or friends). *Compares friends to a deceitful wadi (cf: Jer 15:18) Term Job 6:14 – different interpretations Definition Man should have devotion of his friends or he will forsake God Term Job’s inconsistency (Job 7) Definition Wants to die; life is going by too fast Term 7:12 – “sea monster” Definition Am I a threat to your power? Term Life is meaningless Definition (Heb: “hebel”) Term 7:17-18 – Psalm 8 parallel Definition : “magnify & concerned” – complaint that God watches Job. Term Job’s greatest desire (ironic): Definition To be left alone