Job 1:1; 2:1-10
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries. Chapter 2.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons. Chapter 2.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Chapter XVII of The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Clement of Rome (ca. 96).
- IV.17, VII.12, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter XIV, On Patience, Tertullian (c. 202)
- VIII.III (words from apocryphal LXX tradition, absent from English traditions), The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
- VI.LV, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
- On the Mortality -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. Chapter 2.
- From the Geneva Notes.
Chapter 2.
- "That is, to be patient in adversity as we rejoice when he sends prosperity, and so to acknowledge him to be both merciful and just."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
Chapter 2.
- "The devil tempts his own children, and draws them to sin, and afterwards torments, when he has brought them to ruin; but this child of God he tormented with affliction, and then tempted to make a bad use of his affliction."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
Chapter
2.
- "Shall we poor worms give laws to our supreme Lord, and oblige him never to afflict us? And shall not those great and manifold mercies, which from time to time God hath given us, compensate these short afflictions? Ought we not to bless God for those mercies which we did not deserve; and contentedly bear those corrections which we do deserve. And if we receive so much good for the body, shall we not receive some good for our souls? That is, some affliction, whereby we may be made partakers of his holiness? Let murmuring therefore, as well as boasting, be forever excluded."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
Chapter 2.
- "...it was usual among the heathens, when disappointed in their prayers accompanied with offerings to their gods, to reproach and curse them."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- "Just Who Is God, Anyway?" John Holbert, Patheos, 2015.
- "The first two chapters of Job are the curtain raiser of the drama, the opening act of the play, designed to present to us the old God, the God whom Israel so often claimed to know and worship. A new God is set to emerge later in the play."
- Commentary,
Job 1:1, 2:1-10, Karla Suomala, Preaching
This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "Perhaps the biggest question for people of faith is this: How can a God whom we believe to be good and just allow or even instigate what we see and experience as evil?"
- Sermon Starter, Scott Hoezee. Inlcudes illustrations. Center for Excellence in Preaching, Calvin Seminary, 2015.
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2015.
- "The Story of Job: Certainty, but no Security," Dan Clendenin, Journey with Jesus, 2015 .
- "Security... depends on human guarantees. Certainty depends on God's promises."
- "To Believe for Nothing?" Commented Bible Passages from Taize, 2014.
- "Job," Frederick Buechner, Peculiar Treasures.
- Commentary,
Job 1:1, 2:1-10, Kathryn Schifferdecker, Preaching
This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "We enter this week into one of the most difficult and theologically sophisticated books of the Old Testament: the book of Job."
- "The Impatience of Job," John Holbert, Opening the Old Testament, 2012.
- "Job is definitely not patient, despite the old saw that continues to make the churchly rounds."
- "Everyman," Rick Morley, 2012.
- Radical Gratitude, lectionary-based stewardship, Northwest United Methodist Foundation. (.pdf)
-
Commentary, Job 1:1; 2:1-10, Karl Jacobson, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "The idea that God blesses the faithful, rewarding the righteous with what they deserve, and that the opposite, trials and tribulation, are signs of being out of sync with God?apparently the prosperity gospel is nothing new under the sun?is rejected outright by Job."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
Job 1:1, 2:1-10,
Pentecost 18, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised
Common Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "In preaching this passage and on the following three weeks of readings from Job, one might invite listeners to reflect on their own theology of where suffering comes from and how we sense God?s presence and involvement at such times."
-
Job 1:1, 2:1-10, Pentecost 18,
Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological
Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in
Australia.
- "Job has lived a very comfortable and trouble free life up to now. Will he still be faithful to God when hardship strikes? Is his faith based on receiving the good things of life? Will he abandon God in the hard times? All these questions are part of the message for us."
-
Commentary, Job 1:20-22, John E. Guns, The African American
Lectionary, 2009.
- "The story of Job is an incredible journey that often brings preachers to a rather precarious place. While we feel called to preach hope, healing, and abundance, there are moments within the Job saga where hope, healing, and abundance seem absent."
- A number of excellent, thought-provoking articles on "suffering," at Insights, the faculty journal of Austin Seminary, 2005.
- "Just Who Is God, Anyway?" John Holbert, Patheos, 2015.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Amit, Yairah, "Progression as a
Rhetorical Device in Biblical Literature," Journal for the Study of
the Old Testament, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Balentine, Samuel E., "'For No Reason,'" Interpretation, 2003. (See also,
"Evil," issue focus, Interpretation, 2003.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cooper, Alan,
"Reading and Misreading the Prologue to Job," Journal for the Study
of the Old Testament, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cooper, Burton Z., "Why God? A Tale
of Two Sufferers," Theology Today, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hall, Douglas John,
"Suffering: The Badge of Discipline," The Living Pulpit, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hoffman, Yair, "The Relation between the Prologue and the Speech-Cycles in Job: A
Reconsideration," Vetus Testamentum, 1981.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kee, Min Suc, "The Heavenly Council and its Type-scene,"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Magdalene, F. Rachel,
"Job's Wife as Hero: A Feminist-Forensic Reading of the Book of Job,"
Biblical Interpretation, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Meier, Sam,
"Job I-II: A Reflection of Genesis I-III," Vetus Testamentum,
1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Page, Sydney H.T., "Satan: God's Servant," Journal
of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Priest, John, "Job and JB: The
Goodness of God or the Godness of Good?" Horizons, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Shepherd, David, "'Strike his bone and his flesh':
Reading Job from the Beginning," Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Tate, Marvin E.,
"Satan in the Old Testament," Review and Expositor, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks,
"Inclusive Language: Theological and Philosophical Fragments,"
Religious Education, 1985. (Job 1:6, 2:1)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Van Wolde, Ellen,
"A Text-Semantic Study of the Hebrew Bible, Illustrated with Noah and Job,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 1994. (Section on "Job and His Wife"
begins on page 31.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Whybray, Roger N., "The Immorality of
God: Reflections on Some Passages in Genesis, Job, Exodus and Numbers,"
Journal of the Study of the Old Testament, 1996. (Section on this
text begins on page 103)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wilson, Gerald,
"Preknowledge, Anticipation, and the Poetics of Job," Journal for the
Study of the Old Testament, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Amit, Yairah, "Progression as a
Rhetorical Device in Biblical Literature," Journal for the Study of
the Old Testament, 2003.
- Reviews:
- Sermons:
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 22B, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2012.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," 2015, Union Presbyterian Seminary.
- "Job's Suffering," Rev. Garth Wehrfrith-Hanson, Dim Lamp, 2009.
- "What Has Religion Done for You?" the Rev. Bob Bohl, Day 1, 1997.
- "Why Bad Things Happen to Good People," the Rev. Dr. James C. Howell, Day 1, 1996.
- "Job," from an Old Testament Sermon Series, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington - Sermons from Seattle.
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 22B, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2012.
- "Job," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "Job's Second Test," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art: Job, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Job
