Their antithesis were the wicked, who were selfish and greedy. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB’s) mission is to encounter the mercy of Christ and to accompany His people with joy. His speeches neither explain Job's suffering, nor defend divine justice, nor enter into the courtroom confrontation that Job has demanded, nor respond to his oath of innocence. [4] Scholars believe that it was written between the 7th and 4th centuries BCE. with horrible skin sores. In the course of one day, Job receives four messages, [47] The process of "sanctifying" Job began with the Greek Septuagint translation (c. 200 BCE) and was furthered in the Testament of Job (1st century BCE – 1st century CE), which makes him the hero of patience. is only good because God has blessed him abundantly. This time, Job is afflicted In response to Job’s plea that he be allowed to see God and hear directly the reason for his suffering, the Lord answers (38:1–42:6), not by explaining divine justice, but by cataloguing the wonders of creation. There is also a tomb of Job outside the city of Salalah in Oman. After a while, the upbraiding proves too much for Job, and he grows 3–31). The Book of Job consists of a prose prologue and epilogue narrative framing poetic dialogues and monologues. God Modern works based on the book include Ralph Vaughan Williams's Job: A Masque for Dancing, French composer Darius Milhaud's Cantata From Job, and Joseph Stein's Broadway interpretation Fiddler on the Roof, based on an earlier Yiddish memoir by Sholem Alchem in 1894. On the seventh day, Job speaks, beginning a conversation in which each of the four men shares his thoughts on Job’s afflictions in long, poetic statements. Satan accuses Job of being pious only because God has materially blessed him; if God were to take away everything that Job has, then he would surely curse God. Job sustains It is a poetic book and is the first poetic one that appears in the Old Testament of the Bible. each bearing separate news that his livestock, servants, and ten Terrence Malick's 2011 film The Tree of Life, which won the Palme d'Or, is heavily influenced by the themes of the Book of Job, as the film starts with a quote from the beginning of God's speech to Job. fear of God, and they use many analogies and metaphors to stress He wonders why God judges people by their It is also unclear to Job how a human can appease or court God’s [46], In the Second Temple period (500 BCE – 70 CE) Job began being transformed into something more patient and steadfast, with his suffering a test of virtue and a vindication of righteousness for the glory of God. In Palestinian folklore Job's place of trial is Al-Joura, a village outside the town of Al Majdal (Ashkelon). Satan appears in heaven again, and God Previously he has only heard, but now his eyes have seen God, and "therefore I retract/ And repent in dust and ashes. Job, knowing he is innocent, concludes that God must be unjust. God that, if given permission to punish the man, Job will turn and "[43], When God finally speaks he neither explains the reason for Job's suffering (revealed to the reader in the prologue in heaven) nor defends his justice. and “upright,” always careful to avoid doing evil (1:1). but he resolves to persist in pursuing wisdom by fearing God and [23] Many later scholars down to the 20th century looked for an Aramaic, Arabic or Edomite original, but a close analysis suggests that the foreign words and foreign-looking forms are literary affectations designed to lend authenticity to the book's distant setting and give it a foreign flavor. 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