Job 19:23-27
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Chapter XXVI of The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Clement of Rome (ca. 96).
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- "I Know that My Redeemer Liveth: Job 19:25-27," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1863.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Job 19:23-27a, James Limburg, Pentecost 24C Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- "The meaning here in Job is thus quite clear. Job expresses his conviction that there is One living who will eventually rescue him from the suffering and mess his life has become."
- Job 19:23-27a, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
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"Wild Fire," Michael Battle, The Christian Century, 2001. Religion Online. - "Perhaps we should feel insecure in making the claim that Christians are called to suffer, but consider the vision of Job, who sees God only "after my skin has been thus destroyed." And so we must claim that we are called to suffer if we want to see the living God."
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Commentary,
Job 19:23-27a, James Limburg, Pentecost 24C Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- Articles & Background:
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
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Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS
for this week's texts (includes direct links).
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Battle, Michael, "Wild Fire," The Christian Century, 2001. EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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Blumenthal, David R., "A Play on Words in the Nineteenth Chapter of Job," Vetus Testamentum, 1966. EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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Deuel, David C., "Job 19:25 and Job 23:10 Revisited: An Exegetical Note," Master's Seminary Journal, 1994. EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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King, Michael A., "After the Storm," The Christian
Century, 2007.
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Meek, Th. J., "Job 19:25-27," Vetus
Testamentum, 1956.
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Wolfers, David, "The Speech-Cycles in the Book of Job," Vetus Testamentum, 1993. EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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Zink, James K., "Impatient Job: An Interpretation of Job 19:25-27," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1965. EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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- Reviews:
- Review: P. Herve Tremblay, Job 19,25-27 dans la Septante et chez les Peres Grecs: Unanimite d'une tradition. Gabalda, 2002. Review by Claude E Cox in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003. (Review is in English.)
- Sermons:
- "I Know that My Redeemer Lives," Dr. Frederick Gaiser, Luther Seminary, 2004.
- With Children:
- "Job," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
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"I Know that My
Redeemer Lives," Sunday School
Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
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- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Job 19:25. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymn Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
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