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Job 42:1-17
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Vision I.I, Shepherd
of Hermas.
(c.145) |
| IV.26, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "If you are not able to seek
out the depth of the sea, how much less are you able to comprehend
the counsel of God?" |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "What folly it is to strive
against God! How much is it our interest to seek peace with him, and
to keep in his love!" |
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| From Wesley's
Notes.
| "All his bodily distempers
were thoroughly healed, and probably in a moment. His mind was
calmed, his peace returned, and the consolations of God were not
small with him." |
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| "Intercessory
Prayer: Job 42:10," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1861. |
| From the Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Job 42:1-6, 10-17,
Pentecost 21,
2006, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson,
Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne,
Australia. |
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Job 42:1-17, Pentecost 21,
Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological
Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in
Australia. |
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"Ruined
without Reason: Epilogue to a Health-Wealth Fiasco,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with
Jesus Foundation. |
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"Risking a Happy Ending," Martin B. Copenhaver, The Christian
Century, 1994.
| "Though we like a story to have a
happy ending, we tend to be suspicious when it does." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"A Jungian Perspective on Religious Violence and Personal Responsibility,"
Charlene P.E. Burns, Cross Currents, 2006.
| "Religion is an activity engaged in by human beings.
Violence is a mode of human behavior sometimes but not always linked with
religious goals." |
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"Lament as True Prayer," Diane Jacobson, The Lutheran, 2005.
| "...in contrast to his friends, Job refused to overlook
the depth of his suffering. He refused to protect God from his despair. He
refused to believe God wasn't active in the world." |
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"Power Made Perfect in Weakness," Rebecca Konynkyk DeYoung,
(other resources at)
"Suffering," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2005.
| "While our culture
may idolize strength in adversity and tough self-reliance, courage
has another side that many of us have not thought about much." |
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"A Biblical Theology of Chronic Illness," Jeffrey H Boyd, Trinity
Journal, 2003.
| "This paper will attempt to develop a theology of
chronic illness. I will make two points: First, some parts of the church
have over-emphasized the healing aspect of prayer. Second, we should
emphasize the God-human relationship if we want to help sick people." |
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"The Family in the Bible," James A. Sanders, Biblical Theology
Bulletin, 2002.
| "The whole of the Bible and of Jewish and Christian
tradition can be viewed within the tension between the Bible's focus on
family, or community worth and responsibility, and its struggle toward
affirmation of individual worth and responsibility within the larger
family...The current cultural tensions between Islam and the West, and
even in the so-called culture wars in this country, are illumined by a
socio-cultural reading of the Bible as a whole." |
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"'My Servant Job Shall Pray for You,'" Samuel E. Balentine, Theology
Today, 2002.
| "When Job addresses the Almighty in prayer, what does
he say?" |
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| "Who is
Battering Whom?" by Dr. David R. Blumenthal, Professor of Judaic Studies, Emory
University.
| "But, how does God repent? How
does God do teshuva? If the echoes of the Book of
Lamentations and the Book of Job are heard seriously, God repents by
talking to us, by seeing us, by taking notice of us, by
acknowledging us in some concrete way." |
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"The
Bible and Ecological Spirituality," Walter B. Gulick. Theology
Today, 1991.
| “To reflect upon the integrity of
the land apart from human use would require an abstract quality of
thought not characteristic of the biblical worldview. In sum, nature
in the Bible is generally either regarded as a resource, or it fades
into the background while, in the foreground, the significant drama
of history is played out. In order to explore how the Bible might
serve as a normative source for an ecological spirituality, an
alternative must be found to focusing directly on how nature is
portrayed in biblical passages. A promising direction is to reflect
upon some of the qualities of an ecological consciousness or an
ecological spirituality and then to see to what extent the Bible
supports these qualities." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Balentine, Samuel E.,
"'My Servant Job Shall Pray for You,'" Theology Today, 2002. |
| Copenhaver, Martin B.,
"Risking a Happy Ending," The Christian Century, 1994. |
| Gulick, Walter B.,
"The Bible and Ecological Spirituality," Theology Today, 1991. |
| Kuyper, Lester J.,
"The Repentance of Job," Vetus Testamentum, 1959. |
| Morrow, William,
"Consolation, Rejection, and Repentance in Job 42:6," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1986. |
| Muenchow, Charles,
"Dust and Dirt in Job 42:6," Journal of Biblical Literature,
1989. |
| O'Brien, J. Randall,
"World, Winds and Whirlwinds: The Voice of God Meets 'the Vice of God,'"
Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2003. |
| Pippin, Tina,
"Between Text & Sermon, Job 42:1-6, 10-17," Interpretation, 1999. |
| Reed, Annette Yoshiko,
"Job and Jobab: The Interpretation of Job in LXX Job 42:17b-3,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2001. |
| Shelley, John C.,
"Job 42:1-6: God's Bet and Job's Repentance," Review and Expositor,
1992. |
| Tate, Marvin E.,
"Satan in the Old Testament," Review and Expositor, 1992. |
| Tilley, Terrence W.,
"God and the Silencing of Job," Modern Theology, 1989. |
| Whedbee, William,
"The Comedy of Job," Semeia, 1977. |
| Yaqob, Olga, MVM,
"The Face of God in Suffering: Iraq," Theology Today, 2006. |
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| Reviews:
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"When the Answers Don't Fit the Questions,"
Dean William Willimon, Duke University Chapel Sermon Archive,
1997. |
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Reviews:
Duck-Woo Nam, Talking about God: Job 42:7-9 and the Nature of God in the
Book of Job. Peter Lang, 2003. Reviews by Edward L. Greenstein and
Carole R. Fontaine in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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| Sermons:
| The Nature of God: Job 40 - 42, by Ray C. Stedman. Text or Real Audio. |
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| With Children:
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"Job," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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"Job Is Blessed,"
children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian
Center. |
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Clip Art:
Job Prospers Again, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission
Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. |
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