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Job
The Bible has been studied for centuries. Literal translations, metaphorical translations, symbolic translations, there are many different ways to live the Bible in today's society. Locations and time dictates how you live the Bible. People of Ancient Israel's translation is different then how it is translated today based on the different societies and environments. The reason for this can be many things: law of the times, the way people live, the way people think, the way people define their lives, and how they translate the actual text of the book. The Book of Job is no exception.
The Book of Job falls under the broad category of wisdom literature. Wisdom literature consists of instructions for successful living or contemplations on the perplexities of human existence. This type of literature is also categorized more specifically as speculative wisdom literature, shown in Job through the dialectical question and answer style. (Goldman 55)
Scholars argue that the book is a vindication of the justice and goodness of God. Although these divine characteristics are seen in the story, its purpose may more directly to demonstrate integrity. Although, some think it relates more to hardship. To define the central issue in the book of Job as the "problem of human suffering" places the work in too broad a context. The central issues are the questions of divine justice, of whether the fortune one encounters in life is the consequence oh his doing, and of how the righteous sufferer can understand his status before God. (Hayes 355)
Job consists of a prose introduction and conclusion, which may have existed separately from the rest, and of a large poetic core. The Book is divided into different sections: prologue, epilogue, dialogues, monologues, and what is wisdom? The monologues are from Job, Elihu, and Yahweh. The dialogues are Job's complaint and the three cycles of discourse. In the third cycle of discourse, one of the chapters, 24, Job complains...
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