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6/24/2014 Theory of Retribution Good will be rewarded and Evil will be punished Book of Job challenges this theory We are shocked when Good suffer and the Evil are rewarded We want to make God is predicable We know how God will and should act. Act right and God will reward you. Very Logical but not always the experience We want to force God’s hand to act they way want him to act 1. The Prologue (1:1-2:13) – There is a wager in heaven and the just Job is despoiled of everything. Three friends arrive to console him. 2. The Poetic Dialogue (3:1-31.40 ) – After Job bitterly laments his lot, the three friends rise to God’s defense, They argue back and forth through three cycles of speeches until Job ends with a fervent oath of innocence. 3. The Elihu Speeches (32-:1-37:24 ) – A brash youth interrupts and manages to say little that is new or helpful. 4. The Yahweh Speeches (38:1-42:6) – Yahweh finally responds in two long speeches and overwhelms Job into silence 5. Epilogue (42:7-17 ) – Job’s fortunes are restored and they all live happily ever after 2

6/24/2014 Material for Week 2 Job 1:1-27:21 1. Prologue: (1:1-2:13) 2. Job’s Monologue: Lamentation (3:1 -26) 3.First Round of Speeches (4:1-14:22) 4.Second Round of Speeches (15:1-21:34) 5.Third Round of Speeches (22:1-27:21) 6. Poem on Wisdom (28:1-28) 7. Job’s Monologue: He Rests His Case (29:1 -31:37) 8. Elihu’s Speeches (32:1 -37:24) 9. The Yahweh Speeches (38:1-42:6) 10. Epilogue (42:7-17) Outline of Job 1. Prologue: (1:1-2:13) 2. Job’s Monologue: Lamentation (3:1 -26) 3.First Round of Speeches (4:1-14:22) 4.Second Round of Speeches (15:1-21:34) 5.Third Round of Speeches (22:1-27:21) 6.Poem on Wisdom (28:1-28) 7. Job’s Monologue: He Rests His Case (29:1 -31:37) 8. Elihu’s Speeches (32:1-37:24) 9.The Yahweh Speeches (38:1-42:6) 10.Epilogue (42:7-17) 3

6/24/2014 Outline of Job Setting the Scene 1. Prologue: (1:1-2:13) 1. Scene one: Earth 2.Scene two: Heaven 3.Scene three: Earth 4.Scene Four: Heaven 2. Job’s Monologue: Lamentation (3:1 -26) 1. Curse the Day and the Night 2.Longs for Death 3.Deliver me from God Prologue: (1:1-2:13) What question does Satan raise about Job? Is it a fair question? Why might God have gone along with this test? Does Job’s response strike you as strange? Do his words and actions ring true to human experience? Job’s Monologue: Lamentation (3:1 -26) Are we today comfortable with this dimension of biblical prayer? Are we more like Job’s Friends? Do you find anything in Job’s lament to be “too much” like the friends did? 4

6/24/2014 Outline of Job 1. Prologue: (1:1-2:13) 2. Job’s Monologue: Lamentation (3:1 -26) 3.First Round of Speeches (4:1-14:22) 4.Second Round of Speeches (15:1-21:34) 5.Third Round of Speeches (22:1-27:21) 6.Poem on Wisdom (28:1-28) 7. Job’s Monologue: He Rests His Case (29:1 -31:37) 8. Elihu’s Speeches (32:1-37:24) 9.The Yahweh Speeches (38:1-42:6) 10.Epilogue (42:7-17) Rounds of Speeches Do you see any truth in the speeches of his friends? What are the main points of the arguments that keep reoccurring? The issues at stake: for the friends, God’s justice is at stake For Job, the integrity of his experience. The friends side with God or their theory about God Job will not give in, he holds to his experience and refuses to keep silent 5

6/24/2014 Outline of Job 1. First Round of Speeches (4:1-14:22) 1. Eliphaz’s First Speech 2. Job’s Reply to Eliphaz 3. Bildad’s First Speech 4. Job’s Reply to Bildad 5. Zophar’s First Speech 6. Job’s Reply to Zophar 2. Second Round of Speeches (15:1-21:34) 1. Eliphaz’s Second Speech 2. Job’s Reply to Eliphaz 3. Bildad’s Second Speech 4. Job’s Reply to Bildad 5. Zophar’s Second Speech 6. Job’s Reply to Zophar 3. Third Round of Speeches (22:1-27:21) 1. Eliphaz’s Third Speech 2. Job’s Reply to Eliphaz 3. Bildad’s Third Speech 4. Job’s Final Reply Homework Read Job 28:1-42:17 1. Prologue: (1:1-2:13) 2. Job’s Monologue: Lamentation (3:1 -26) 3. First Round of Speeches (4:1-14:22) 4. Second Round of Speeches (15:1-21:34) 5. Third Round of Speeches (22:1-27:21) 6.Poem on Wisdom (28:1-28) 7. Job’s Monologue: He Rests His Case (29:1 -31:37) 8. Elihu’s Speeches (32:1-37:24) 9.The Yahweh Speeches (38:1-42:6) 10.Epilogue (42:7-17) 6