BOLD 207 Quiz 2 Westbrook

• Where did Job live?

Uz

• What question does the author ask in 1:3?

What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?

• What will God require of people (3:15)?

What has been driven away

• According to 1:9 why is there nothing new under the sun?

What has been is what will be and what has been done is what will be done

What is the basic philosophical question Job explores?

Why is there suffering? How can we understand our experiences?

• What did he set his heart to know (1:17)?

Wisdom, madness, and folley

• What type of literary genre does Ecclesiastes contain?

allegories, sayings, metaphors, proverbs, etc.

• What did Job give his daughters along with his sons (42:15)?

an inheritance

• How does God feel about the advice of Job's friends (42:7)?

angry

• What does he conclude is best for people to do and why (3:12-13)?

be joyful and do good as well as eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil

• What does Eliphaz encourage Job to do/not do in chapter 5?

don't be vex or jealous do seek God and trust Him with the trouble

• What guided the author during his search (2:3)?

his heart

• While Job does not loose his faith, what does he lose (17:11, 15)?

hope

• What does Job maintain about himself (27:5-6)?

integrity, righteousness

• What often happens to a poor man's wisdom (9:13-18)?

it is despised and not heard

• What was his reaction to his great accumulation of wealth (2:10-11)?

it was a reward for all of his toil

• What is a frequent consequence of an abundance of wealth (5:12)?

not being able to sleep due to a full stomach

• What two things does the author said should be kept in mind (12:12)?

of making many books there is no end much study is a weariness of the flesh

• How long did it take Job to lose all his possessions, his sons & daughters?

one day

• Does the textbook author believe that Ecclesiastes was written current with the source of wisdom or put together by an editor later?

put together by an editor later

• What does the author encourage the young man (person) to do (11:9-10)?

rejoice in your youth Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body

• What did the author determine to do (1:13)?

seek and search out all that is done under heaven

• To what is the babbler compared (10:11)?

serpent

• When does Job say that the wicked will be brought to justice (21:30)?

the day of wrath

• According to 1:8, what is never satisfied?

the eye with seeing and the ear with hearing

• What does the author observe about evil times (9:11-12)

the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all they snare at evil times

• What is the retribution principle?

the righteous will prosper and the wicked will suffer

• Which two examples are given to illustrate our limited ability to comprehend the ways of God (11:5)?

they way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb

• What will a person blessed by God experience (5:20)?

they will be occupied by the joys of their heart from God

• What is the theme of the book, according to 1:2?

vanity

• What should not be taken to heart (7:21-22)?

what people say

• When does a fool display his folly to everyone (10:3)?

when he is walking on the street

• Out of what does the Lord speak to Job?

whirlwind

• What type of literature is Job?

wisdom

• Which three divine attributes are emphasized in the book of Job?

wisdom justice sovereignty of God

• Why does Job want a mediator?

*can't find this one!!*

Vision report

- a prophetic account in which a prophet relates the circumstances and the content of a vision

Prophetic accounts

- stories relating a prophet's adventures or miraculous deeds

• Scholars wonder if which friend's conversation is a later edition?

Elihu

• Why does he conclude this (12:14)?

God will bring every deed into judgement, whether it good or bad.

• Why does Elihu not speak until chapter 32?

He is the youngest.

• From where does the enjoyment of life come?

In the recognition that everything comes from the hand of God.

• What does Job feel like his friends are doing (Ch. 12)?

Laughing at him

• What illness did Satan give to Job?

Loathsome sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head

• What was Satan's accusation to God concerning Job?

Satan knew that God had put a hedge of protection around Job and blessed him. Satan said that if God took all of this away, Job would curse God.

• How does the author describe himself?

The preacher The son of David The king of Jerusalem

• What was Satan's initial challenge to God concerning Job?

To take everything away from Job and see if he would curse God

• What is better than a precious perfume/ointment (7:1)?

a good name

• How does Elihu view the reason for Job's suffering?

**can't find this one!**

Oracular formula

- "Declares the LORD" or "The declaration of the LORD" this stock phrase frequently punctuates oracles as a running reminder throughout the discourse that the content is divine rather than human in origin.

Prophetic Word Formula

- "The word of the LORD came to ___________" This stock phrase occurs at the beginning of many oracles and accounts in order to legitimate their divine origin.

Messenger Formula

- "Thus says the LORD" This stock phrase are often the first words out of a prophet's mouth when relating an oracle in order to underscore that the words are Yahweh's and not the prophet's own invention.

Countercosmic curse

- a curse on creation that seeks the unraveling of the created order for the sake of ending an experience of unbearable suffering. Such a curse is uttered by Job in Job 3. This curse is the focus of the discussion that unfolds in Job 4-37 and is the inspiration for Yahweh's response in Job 38 - 41.

Oracle

- a divine communication given through an intermediary

Superscription

- a heading at the beginning of a prophetic book or a section of oracles attributing the content to a particular prophet and/or associating the content with a particular historical situation

Salvation oracle

- a promise of divine restoration after the completion of punishment often expressed in idealistic, eschatological language

Symbolic action account

- an account of a dramatic portrayal of a divine message involving props and the prophet's acting out a scenario that illustrates YHWH's point.

Parody

- an imitation of a prior literary piece designed to question, comment on, mock, or eclipse the original piece usually by means of sarcastic humor and distortion. Job utters a parody of Psalm 8 in Job 7:17ff.

Judgment oracles

- oracles in which a prophet pronounces doom upon an individual or upon the nation in general

• How many children did he have?

10 (7 sons and 3 daughters)

• How long did Job live after his suffering (ch. 42)?

140 years

• What was his conclusion (1:14-15)?

All is vanity. Bad things cannot be made good

• For what does Bildad rebuke Job in ch. 8 and what does he advise him to do?

Bildad rebukes Job for complaining so much. Bildad advises Job to truly repent for his sins.

• How is Job's character described?

Blameless and Upright. Feared God and turned away from evil.

• What challenge does God give Job (38:3)?

Brace yourself and get ready to answer to me

• What is the message of Ecclesiastes?

Course of life to be pursued is a God-centered life.

• What nationality does your textbook suggest for Job?

Edomite

• What three friends came to mourn with him?

Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite

• What conclusion does the author give after his search for meaning (12:13)?

Fear God and keep His commandments

• What does the author see is a common affliction among people (6:1-2)

God gives a man wealth but not the power to enjoy it. Strangers enjoy it

• What does Zophar tell job in 11:6?

God is punishing you less than you deserve

• What does he also encourage him/her to remember (11:9)?

God will bring you to judgment for your sins

• What questions does Job ask of God in chapter 7?

He asks God why He is putting Job through all this pain and trial. He also asks Him why He does not forgive Job of his sin.

• With what two statements of Job does he take issue (33:8-12)?

He is pure and clean, but still punished

• What does Job admit after hearing God (42:1-3)?

He knows that God can do all things and that he was saying things before that he didn't understand

• What does God do for Job after he prayed for his friends (42:10)?

He restored Job's fortune

• What was Job's reaction to this great loss?

He tore off his clothes, shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped

• What summary statements are made about Job in 1:22 and 2:10?

In all of this, Job did not sin and curse God

• How does Job respond to God's challenge (40:3-5)?

Job signifies that he is smaller than God, and therefore does not know how to answer Him

• What did Job's wife want him to do and what was his response?

Job's wife wanted him to curse God's name and die. Job held onto his faith still.

• Job is similar to literature from what region?

Mesopotamia

• The wisdom in Ecclesiastes comes from who?

Qoheleth

• For what does Job long in chapter 6?

Release from God (Death?)

• What did God allow Satan to do?

Satan struck Job with sores

• Who is this individual traditionally identified as?

Solomon

• What does Job request in 14:13?

That God would hide & conceal him

• What types of things does God ask Job about?

The creation of the earth and things only God can do

• What two things does Job curse in chapter 3?

The day of his Birth The night of his conception

Job 42:1-3

Then Job answered the Lord and said: "I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

• What does he author say about everything under heaven (3:1)?

There is a time for it

• What was their response when they saw him?

They did not recognize him. They wept for him. They sat with him in silence for seven days and seven nights.

• What does Eliphaz believe happens to the wicked (15:17-35)?

They live a miserable life. They are constantly in darkness, sadness, and poverty.

• What does Job say about the wicked (20:12-29)?

They will never be satisfied/happy/content

• What is the purpose of Job?

To explore God's policies concerning justice, especially as it regards to suffering of the righteous

• Why should young people remember God (12:1)?

To have pleasure in the days before the evil ones

• What is the purpose of Ecclesiastes?

To prove that the pursuit of wisdom is incapable of finding the meaning of life without God.

• What was Satan's second challenge to God concerning Job?

To touch his body in order to make him sick and see if he curses Go