Talk:Book of Job
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- Job was a historical person, and the localities and names were real and not fictious.
Is this still accepted? AxelBoldt 21:27 Sep 10, 2002 (UTC)
I think, like Axel above, that the assertion that "Job was a historical person" is suspect at best. I know of no evidence for his existence - I have no idea on what basis it could ever have been asserted as true. If anyone knows of such evidence, please reinsert it. THe Anchor Bible commentary says that the idea that it represents "sober history" is a "naïve view", and that Rabbi Simeon-ben-Laquis said Job never existed (Midrash Rabba Gen lxvii; Talmud Babli, Bab Bathra 15a). -- Someone else (more on theodicy & Job once I dig out Jung's "Answer to Job"....Muahaha!)
Good work, Slr!
Most Christian believe that Job was a real historical figure - I guess this is limited to orthodox protestant and catholic christians. I suppose liberal/modern christians opt for a very late date and a non - historic view on the book.
TeunSpaans 11:17 Dec 19, 2002 (UTC)
one of the greatest and sublimest poems in all literature - is this acceptable POV? RickK 03:21, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- No. I'm on my way. UserGoogol 00:48, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- And God succumbs to the temptation.
I was tempted to point out here that all the stuff about Satan tempting God is in the framing story alone, not in the central poem. It's hard to reconcile the God of the framing story with the God of the poem. Arkuat 23:43, 2004 Jul 27 (UTC)
- If that's not clear, you should make it so. Wetman 03:15, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Done. Arkuat 00:28, 2004 Aug 3 (UTC)
in the introductory section God decides to inflict misery on Job and his family as a result of a bet with Satan - This isn't strictly true, God does not directly inflict misery on Job and his family, he merely allows Satan to do so in order to disprove Satan's accusation that Job only fears God and abstains from evil because God has blessed him materially. In other words, Job is only a selfish person following the path of least resistance. --Jsnow 20:34, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Interpolations and "genuine" text
I've removed the "genuines" (check my recent edit), because though there is a basic text, and there are some additions, framing, interpolations, counter-interpretations, etc in the version we have, no one means to suggest that any of it is in some way "not genuine". I think everyone who reads Job agrees with that. So I changed "genuine" text to "base text." Use a better phrase if there is a standard English version of the original, basic, unedited urtext. Wetman 00:26, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Why the {} sign/s?
Why were one or more of these sign/s: {{NPOV}}{{expansion}}{{Cleanup}} signs placed on this page without any discussion, explanation or reasoning? (And why create a redundant category Category:Bible stories that is now up for a vote for deletion at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion#Category:Bible stories?) IZAK 07:03, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
