Job portrays his loyalty to God when his wife asked Job if God is still good and he should curse at God. ... The Book of Job is a great example of God allowing suffering because Job's faith and loyalty to God amidst evil allowed him to get through the suffering and receive many more blessings. Even though Job lost everything and was ill he did not turn his heart away from God, 'In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong' (Job 1:22). ... Job's friends tell Job that the reason of his suffering is because of the sins he has committed. ... From reading the Book of J...

• Word Count: 1223
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• Grade Level: High School

Unfortunately, the Book of Job defies my theodicies. ... Knowing that, the book of Job leads us to believe that the theodicy that God has a reason for everything must not be true. ... The text of the bible seems to suggest that God finds Job's innocent suffering amusing, as is a bird on a leash" (Job 41:5). ... Just from reading ending of the book of Job, the ending is far from satisfactory. ... After picking apart the book and reading between the lines, you realize that God is a God of justice and order. ...

• Word Count: 755
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The book of Job has also been a great source for philosophical debate. ... " Job showed great patience with God throughout the whole book of Job. ... Bildad is one of Job's friends who responded a few times in the Book of Job. ... Job stood in his position of him being right throughout the whole book even when his three friends were pressuring him to repent. ... " Even through this entire book, Job had a stance; he stood by it and was eventually rewarded. ...

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In detail, Job is a well-respected, god-fearing man who is very devout to his faith. ... Disappointed and beaten, Satan, requests God to let him test Job once more. To let Job suffer in the first place seems unrighteous, however, God allows him to be tested again, even though Job still remained faithful to God after losing his children and means of living. ... Hearing of his illness, Job is visited by his friends and they convey their advice. ... It appears paradoxical, or ironic, that Job asks for forgiveness when it was God who allowed suffering to be inflicted on Job, all for the sake of pr...

• Word Count: 512
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The book of Job is significant to both secular and non-secular groups as a pillar for many fundamental truths. ... Contrary to popular belief, the book of Job is not only about the Lord's servant and the many ways he suffered. ... The book of Job has been researched in both Christian and non-Christian perspectives. ... As previously discussed, the book of Job is known as a book about a good man who suffers terrible torments. ... In the book of Job, there is an obvious dynamic about the man himself. ...

• Word Count: 1321
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When asking people what the meaning of the Book of Job is, the answer is rapidly given in simplistic terms, "the patience of Job." Patience has been one of the more explicit meanings taught by the Book of Job. ... But as in The Book of Job, God answers with the simple reply that pain is part of the structure of life. ... In the Book of Job God discusses, "Does the eagle fly up at your command? ... It is impossible for anyone to say that the Book of Job has a certain meaning. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Book Of Job The book of Job describes the relationship between God and his servants. ... The accuser proceeded to then tell God that to really test Job's loyalty, God must remove Job's possessions. ... Job is the first book followed by the book of Psalms, which teaches us how to pray, the book of Proverbs, which teaches us how to act, the book of Ecclesiastes, which teaches us how to enjoy, and the Song of Solomon, which teaches us how to love. Using the book of Job, God is instructing us on how to suffer and to show that suffering is not always for the sinner, but for the...

• Word Count: 958
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• Grade Level: High School

What is the basic moral/ theological problem addressed in the Book of Job? ... In the Book of Job we learn how bad things can happen to good people. ... So God allows Satan to test Job. ... God and Satan were testing Job; they took away everything from Job who was a perfect man. ... The basic moral problem in The Book of Job was that if misfortune can happen to God's best servant that it can happen to anyone of us. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

My first argument is based on the fact that throughout the whole book of Job, he does not curse God. ... Especially in the part of the book where Job's wife tells him to curse God and Job says no. ... Elihu trys to tell Job that he adds rebellion to his sin but Job knows that he has not sinned. ... Just think that if Job really did curse God that He would have just squashed Job to dirt. ... We have went over everything that has happened in the book of Job, well the main points to why the Lord had won the wager. ...

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Title: "The Book of Job," written anonymously. ... Why was the book translated into King's English? ... Comments: "The Book of Job," though controversial for its time, was written anonymously for a myriad of reasons. ... I also feel that the book was written anonymously as so one would not associate the book with just the author's life. One should use their own life experiences to further enhance the story according to their own knowledge as so the book would have a more profound meaning for them. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Booker T. Washington Booker Taliaferro Washington was born on April 5,1856 in Franklin County, Virginia. ... Young Booker attended a school for the children of ex-slaves while at the same time, holding down a full time job in the mines. As a cooperative, hardworking young man he secured a job cleaning and doing other tasks around the house of one of the mine owners. ... Booker T. ...

• Word Count: 630
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" (Job 1:1). ... " (Job 1:2). ... In the book of Job, God is a mysterious and distant figure, he makes a bet with Satan just to prove a point. Throughout most of Job's suffering god remains a silent spectator, even when Job cries out to him in misery. ... To further prove his might, god asks Job if he can accomplish the impossible feats of catching the Behemoth (Job 40:15) and the Leviathan (Job 41:1). ...

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There are many stories in the Bible that try to rationalize human suffering, but the most fascinating story is the Book of Job. ... The Book Of Job questions the challenges that people face by telling the story of a righteous and respectful man named Job. ... In The Book of Job, Job himself is "perfect and upright" but still suffers immeasurable losses and great physical pain. ... The Book of Job teaches that no one can presume to know the ways of the Lord. ... The Book of Job is a truly fascinating and insightful book into the world of God and religion....

• Word Count: 992
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Wisdom in Book of Job The book of Job is a fable rich with intellectual meanings and lessons to be learned. The book attempts to rationalize the ways of God and human suffering. ... Job finally broke down and curses the day he was born. ... On the other hand, Bildad accuses Job's sons of sinning and assures job of restoration of his fate! ... Jobs friends represented standard ancient wisdom and job had rejected their wisdom all along throughout the conversation. ...

• Word Count: 987
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• Grade Level: High School

In The Book of Job, The Theban Plays of Sophocles, and Plato's The Last Days of Socrates, suffering is a major theme. In the book of Job, he suffers unbearably and in return gains a closer relationship with God and twice his possessions. ... Later in the book of Job, Job's friends begin to turn their backs on him as well. ... Toward the end of the book of Job we see that his suffering has resulted directly in improvement of his faith as well. ... As in both the book of Job and The Theban Plays, the good that results from suffering cannot be seen until later. ...

• Word Count: 1974
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• Grade Level: High School

Booker T. ... (Washington, Booker Taliaferro) Washington was telling black people that the way to gain respect from the whites is to do the same jobs as them. ... (Washington, Booker Taliaferro) The actions of Booker T. ... I agree with Booker T. ... Booker T. ...

• Word Count: 1091
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• Grade Level: High School

Loyalty and Suffering: The Question of the Loyalty of Friends and the Suffering of the Loyal The idea of justice and good people suffering is a point first brought up in the Old Testament in the Book of Jeremiah. ... The Book of Job re-asks this question, for Job is a loyal man of Yahweh, who is put "on trial" because of a bet between God and Satan, who sits on his council. ... This book brings to light a few questions that need to be answered: 1. ... In the prologue and epilogue of this book, Job is said to be a man that performs sacrifices and prays to Yahweh on behalf of everyone ...

• Word Count: 2293
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• Grade Level: High School

The Book of Job is not simply a story, but a fable, rich with meaning and lessons to be learned. ... It seems to me that the idea came first, and a story was found to fit it, or one was made up, but that the entire reason for the Book of Job to be included in the Bible is for its purpose in teaching us that we must endure what troubles we are given, because it is the Will of God. I have many questions about this book, none of which can be easily answered by anyone living today: Who wrote this tale, and how did they know what took place in heaven? ... Job was a r! ... Job believes he is withou...

• Word Count: 2230
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• Grade Level: High School

JOB The book of Job is regarded as one of the world's great literary masterpiece's. This book also contains some of the finest, most expressive poetry in the Bible. ... Job was devastated. ... Job said. ... When I started writing this paper I never had read the book of Job and really understood it before. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Booker T. Washington The end of the Civil War brought a time known as the Reconstruction. During this time, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery. The newly freed slaves needed jobs, housing, and education in order to enter society, but the rejection of th...

• Word Count: 1009
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Both Booker T. Washington and WEB Dubois were radical men of their time, and each managed to have great contributions to the overall welfare of blacks. However, their methods for increasing black status differed greatly. While Booker T. Washington believed that respect for blacks would come graduall...

• Word Count: 985
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Booker T. ... Logical and rational was Booker T. ... He urged whites to allow blacks to have jobs, arguing that it would improve the economy. ... Such consideration made Booker T. ... Because of this, Booker T. ...

• Word Count: 866
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DBQ During the late 19th century and early 20th century emancipation of slaves and the freedom of African-Americans was a pressing issue. There are two prominent different proposed means of solutions presented at the time. Booker T. Washington presented one, he believed that slaves should not t...

• Word Count: 519
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• Grade Level: High School

Loyalty and Suffering: The Question of the Loyalty of Friends and the Suffering of the Loyal The idea of justice and good people suffering is a point first brought up in the Old Testament in the Book of Jeremiah. ... The Book of Job re-asks this question, for Job is a loyal man of Yahweh, who is put "on trial" because of a bet between God and Satan, who sits on his council. ... This book brings to light a few questions that need to be answered: 1. ... In the prologue and epilogue of this book, Job is said to be a man that performs sacrifices and prays to Yahweh on behalf of everyone around hi...

• Word Count: 2187
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School