...------------------------------------------------- Book of Job From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tanakh and Old Testament | | [show]Tanakh | | Judaism portal [show]Old Testament | | Christianity portal | * v * t * e | The Book of Job ( /ˈdʒoʊb/; Hebrew: אִיוֹב ʾ iyobh), commonly referred to simply as Job, is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible. It relates the story of Job, his trials at the hands of Satan, his discussions with friends on the origins and nature of his suffering, his challenge to God, and finally a response from God. The book is a didactic poem set in a prose frame. The over-riding and oft-asked question asked in the book of Job is, "Why do the righteous suffer?"[1] Scroll of the Book of Job in Hebrew. The book of Job has been included in lists of the greatest books in world literature.[2] Contents [hide] * 1 Contents * 1.1 Summary * 1.2 Structure * 1.2.1 Speech cycles * 1.3 Speeches of Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar * 1.4 Speeches of Job * 1.5 Speech of Elihu * 1.6 God's response * 2 Satan * 3 Job's wife * 4 Composition * 4.1 Origin and textual history * 4.2 The "Job Motif" in earlier literature * 4.3 Later interpolations and additions * 4.4 Talmudic tradition * 5 Dissenting/Speculative Wisdom * 6 In Judaism * 7 In Christianity * 7.1 Messianic anticipation in the book * 7.2 Liturgical use * 8 Middle Eastern folk traditions on Job * 9 References to Ayyub (Job) in the Qur'an...
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...Comparison and Contrasting of the Book of Job and the 5 Stages of Grief by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Candie R. Cuneo Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Healthcare HLT 310 V Vernon Meyer October 08, 2010 Comparison and Contrasting of the Book of Job and the 5 Stages of Grief by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Introduction Have people only been able to progress through the stages of grief since 1969 when Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross put a name to the model of processing grief or have people been doing it since the beginning of time? As this paper progresses I will introduce you to a Bible story of a man who was made to suffer incredible losses in his life and how he progressed through what we know today as The 5 Stages of Grief. Job, a faithful follower of God suffered the loss of his wealth to marauding bandits. In addition he suffered catastrophic demise of prosperity his seven sons and three daughters when the house in which they were feasting was made to collapse killing all of Job’s children. Job 4:18-20.The losses occurred all at once on a particular day. Losses of this magnitude would be difficult for any one individual to live through. Shortly after Job’s losses he is physically afflicted with horrible boils all over his body. According to Dr. Kubler-Ross’ 5 Stages of Grief model, it would be expected for Job should be in shock over these events and enter into some form of denial. Job in the biblical narrative is a contrast to the model because he not...
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...Jones English 2111 7 June 2015 Discuss the Ways You Believe the Book of Job Succeeds or Fails in Answering the Question of Why the Innocent Suffer. At first glance, the book of Job appears to tell the tale of God chastising his utmost blameless servant to win a bet with the devil. However, further understanding tells us that this story is actually a message to all those who want to follow God. The message here is just much more challenging to recognize than other stories in the Bible. In chapter one of the Book of Job, Job is described as being “blameless” and “upright” (Alter, page 193). He was a man who “… feared God and shunned evil.” (Lawall, page 193) Genesis 6:9 in our text also describes Noah as a “blameless” and “righteous” man (Lawall, page 163). The difference in these texts is, “… Noah walked with God.” (Lawall, page 163) Therefore, just because Job “feared God and shunned evil” does not mean that he “walks with God.” Christianity and the Bible does not only teach the idea of righteousness. It also teaches the importance of having a relationship with God. Chapter one in the book of Job also states, “And it happened when the days of the feast came round, that job would send and concentrate them and rise early in the morning and offer up burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, perhaps my sons have offended and cursed God in their hearts. Thus would Job do at all times.” Job wants to be a follower of God, however, he thinks that he must...
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...There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and shunned evil. 2 And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. 4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were ended, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. 7 And the LORD said to Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down upon it. 8 And the LORD said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil? 9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for naught? 10 Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side...
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...A healing hospital is one that focuses on the wellness of the entire human being, this take into consideration the patient and family physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual need to ensure the patient including the family is cared for. There are many healing hospital that promote a healing environment reporting high patient satisfaction rate, according to Laurie Eberst, there are three components, to a healing hospital, and these are, a healing physical environment, the integration of work design and technology and a culture of Radical Loving Care. This paper will explore the components of a healing hospital and their relationship to spirituality. It will also explore the challenges of creating a healing environment. The first component of a healing hospital is that of a healing environment, this is one that considers the family as well as the patient; it takes into account all aspect of their health. Like all other buildings a healing hospital is more than just four walls, within those walls are all the different disciplines committed to providing the kind of excellent services required for healing a mind, body and soul. It requires a dedicated staff always willing to providing loving compassionate care. Another way of creating a healthy environment is to maintain a hospital that is conducive to a home environment, a home without background noises free announcements and paging. This serves to minimize patient’s anxiety level promoting...
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...Running head: Adult Patient Education Issues Essay and Interview Adult Patient Education Issues Essay and Intervie June 29, 2012 There are many issues that arise when teaching older patients. These barriers may consist of barriers such as chronic illness, sensory changes, cognitive changes, and medications. A patient’s life experiences may also affect patient education. It is up to the educator to make adjustments to best fit each individual’s needs and provide the best outcome possible. I conducted an interview with Mrs. L., a 89 year-old homemaker, and her daughter, Ms. L, a 63-year old mortgage broker. Mrs. L. was being admitted for congestive heart failure after her daughter noticed a marked increase in weight gain over a period of one week. Mrs. L’s BNP was 863 and neither the patient nor the mother understood the significance of this level; moreover, they did not understand the nature of the blood test or what it represented. They were told in the emergency room that the BNP was 863 and “your mother is going to be admitted to the telemetry unit.” Mrs. L.’s hemoglobin was 7.2 and both women understood the meaning of hemoglobin level as the patient suffers from chronic anemia. Not being satisfied with the information they received in the emergency room and the lack of the physician to address the issue and potential complications, the daughter opted to wait until mom was situated on the telemetry unit. At this time she stated, “the teaching began.” The...
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...JOB (Job 1: 1-5, 13-22) The Book Of Job I. Background of the story The story is derived from one of the books of Hebrew Bible, the Book of Job. It relates the story of Job, who was not Jewish, and in Jewish tradition is the son of Utz, who was the son of Nahor, the brother of Abraham. It tells of his trials at the hands of God, his theological discussions with friends on the origins and nature of his suffering, his challenge to God, and finally a response from God. The Book itself comprises a didactic poem set in a prose frame and has been called “the most profound and literary work of the entire Old Testament”. The Book itself and its numerous exegeses are attempts to address the problem of evil. II. Summary There was a man named Job, living in the land of Uz, who worshipped God and was faithful to him. He was a good man, careful not to do anything evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants and was the richest man in the East. Job’s sons used to take turns giving a feast, to which all the others would come, and they always invited their three sisters to join them. The morning after each feast, Job would get up early and offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally. All of a sudden Job’s...
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...Reiland 5th Period Mr. Nabors English 4206 [ 11 November 2010 ] The Book of Job: An Examination Of all of the stories, fables, proverbs, and histories of the Bible, The Book of Job is one of the most compelling due to its unique literary style and the complex treatment of the issue of suffering. Unlike other books of the Bible, The Book of Job details a conflict between man and God within a poetic structure, and is the only book in the Bible to take on the problem of suffering as its main purpose. Throughout the book, Job pleads to God for all of the misfortunes that have befallen him. This type of discourse found in Job cannot be found anywhere else in scripture. Upon examination of the roles of protagonist and antagonist, it becomes apparent that the roles may be alternated between Job and Satan. Moreover, different conclusions and interpretations of the book can be made. Theological complications due to the existence of evil in a world ruled by an omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent god will be attempted to be reconciled by theodicy. As coined by Gottfried Leibniz, theodicy is a branch of apologetics which attempts to reconcile the apparent evil in the world with God’s benevolent nature. Job’s nature and wealth is described in the first three verses of the book. He is depicted as “perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil” (Job 1:1). It would seem unlikely that Job would ever find himself on the negative side of God, but this seems to...
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...Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson This book is a biography of Steve Jobs. The biography was requested by Steve Jobs to be written by Walter Isaacson who is best known for his best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. The biography was conducted by countless interviews of Steve Jobs and his family, friends, and colleagues. The book gives a lot of information on Steve’s life from pretty much the start to the end; it also covers a lot of information and experience dealing with the business aspect of his life as well as the personal side. It was written and put together over the course of two years and was published on October 24, 2011 which was nineteen days after his death. Steve Jobs was a college dropout who went to Reed College in Portland Oregon which was one of the most expensive schools in the nation at the time. He went there because he wanted something more artistic and interesting than was offered at a state school. Jobs ended up working at Atari. Jobs helped improve some of the games by pushing chips to produce fun designs. One day, the founder of Atari Nolan Bushnell who was also Jobs entrepreneurial role model, called him into his office and sketched out a single-player version of pong on a blackboard and asked jobs to design it. Bushnell knowing that Jobs was not a great engineer knew that Jobs would seek help from Stephen Wozniak a high school friend of Jobs. While working on the single-player version of pong with Wozniak, Jobs realized that...
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...Book Review – Steve Jobs The book “Steve Jobs” by Walter Issacson, just like its explicit and simplistic title, told the story of the life of Steve Jobs – Apple’s founder and CEO. Written in chronological order, readers get to have a close look at Jobs’ life, from the little boy tinkering with electronic components in his parents’ garage to the man in charge of changing the face of computing in the 21st century. Originally given up by his birth parents, Jobs was blessed to have come to the loving and supportive family of Paul and Clara Jobs. Jobs emphasizes, time after time, that only they are truly his parents. His childhood is spent working with semi-conductors and electrical parts as California’s Mountainview neighborhood – later on known as Silicon Valley – is the starting point of the newly immersed technology wave. From an early age, Jobs has showed himself to be determined to get what he wants, one example is by directly calling Bill Hewlett – cofounder of Hewlett and Packard – to ask for a component part needed to build his frequency counter. The Valley is also the place that witness the materialization of the fateful friendship between Jobs and Wozniak. At college age, Jobs develops an interest in zen and enrolls in Reed College - a liberal art university in Oregon. This period refines Jobs’ inner awareness and shapes his disposition to be the facilitator of technology and art, therefore sets him apart from competitors down the road. The idea for Apple Computer budded...
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...DB Forum 1 Presentation Summary There was a lot of helpful information given in each presentation. It gave me a clearer understanding of what is expected of me to learn in this course, as well as what rules and guidelines are needed to follow in the interpretation of the Old Testament passages and what the author is trying to convey. Dr Yates stated that the prophets were seen as “watchmen,” which is used as a metaphor of Gods people and telling them of their future lives if they do not follow God. This gave me a clearer understanding of what purpose the prophets had for God and His people. Dr. Yates explained that God’s love was tough but also tender and that God would never forget or abandon His people. The prophets were brought to speak to our emotional side of what God was about, to touch our hearts. The purpose was to confront the people of their lifestyle and to make a change to follow God. They need to listen to what God is saying to them. The rules of interpreting the prophets are also quite helpful and will help me to focus on what to avoid as I learn and read the Old Testament and interpret the verses. I don’t feel that this discussion changed my perspective on the OT prophets, however influenced me in becoming more curious as to what they were all about and how they were chosen and influenced by God. Isaiah1:16-30 The basic features of the Old Testament prophesy is reflected by Isaiah speaking of the wickedness of Judah and challenges them to put this behavior...
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...In conclusion, the two exegetical tools, feminism and Catholicism of the Book of Job both have very different meanings. Feminism have the view overall that gender roles are biased in the book of Job. To sum up the derived meanings, feminists believe that Job’s wife portrayed harshly and receives a lot of judgement just because she tells Job to curse God and die. Many think it is unfair as she has lost all of her children, flocks, and servants and has to put all of her time into helping Job when he has excruciatingly painful skin sores, suffering the same hardships as Job did. However, she ended up disappearing and was called names such as ‘the devil’s accomplice’. However, feminists believe she is speaking from compassion and love for her...
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...The Book of Job According to Gutiérrez and Wiese Elie Wiesel and Gustavo Gutiérrez analyses’ of the book of Job are paralleling at times yet very different throughout their pieces. Since Gustavo is a Christian and Wiesel is Jewish, their religious beliefs effect the way they analyze the book of Job. Another aspect that affects Elie’s and Gustavo’s writing pieces are their life experiences. In the book of Job, Job is really tested by God and has to overcome many struggles in his life given to him by Satan. Elie and Gustavo related to Job because they too have had many life struggles and questioned their faith the way Job did. Faith and personal experience is what allows Eli and Gustavo to find the important lesson they believe are worth explaining. The similarities between these two writers are the way they relate to Job through their life experiences. They are differences in their analysis are their religious beliefs. A similarity that I found between both writers was the way they feel about talking to God when they are going through a life struggle. To me this is very understandable and all humans do this. What separates God’s true followers are the ones who can get over the certain life struggle and still trust in God. Throughout this paper I will go into greater detail what lessons the authors draw from the Book of Job and how their analyses reflect their respective religious traditions. At the end I will determine whose take on Job was more convincing. Job goes through...
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...The Book of Job is one of the most celebrated pieces of biblical literature exploring some of the most profound questions humans ask about their lives and extremely well written. The story doesn’t state explicitly state when it was written but some researchers claimed that it might be written around 1800 B.C. The book of Job is generally considered to be set in Arabia and some other specific locations like Edom or Babylon. Main characters of this story are Job and God. Protagonist of the story is Job because all of this story are about him, Job is spirit of the story. The antagonist of course, Satan played that role. There were many objectors to our protagonist but Satan was considered as the chief antagonist who managed to destroy Job’s wealth, wipe out his children and make him to suffer many other things like nasty skin boil for instance. Job is dynamic character because through the story he changed from a loyal servant who favor god to a man who fall into distress because of his suffering then finally realize his mistake and submit to God’s will in total obedience. God and Satan can be considered as static characters because through of this story, they seem not to change anything inside. God still God, he always has his own rule and ways, he is wise enough to do everything for a reason. In the book of Job, the author used indirect exposition to reveal characteristic of characters. We read the story and then made our own impress about characters. Job is heroes of this story...
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...Job was a righteous man, who loved God dearly and was a model Christian. In the book of Job, God made a wager with Satan to see if Job would remain righteous. The first thing many people wonder, is why God would make a deal with Satan in the first place instead of just sending him back to hell. God agrees to let Satan have his way with Job in order to prove a point. He was trying to discourage Satan from meddling with any of God’s other followers. After Satan through everything he had at Job, besides personal death, Satan realized he could not sway God’s people. Job remained steady throughout the ordeal, despite being tempted by the devil and his wife to turn away from God. At one point he does question God’s motives in which God scolds...
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