Job & Qohelet. Job--Outline Prologue1:1-2:13 Job’s “Birthday Curse”3:1-26 Dialogue with “Friends”4:1-31:40 Elihu’s discourse32:1-37:24 Yahweh’s 1 st Speech38:1-39:30.

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Job & Qohelet

Job--Outline Prologue1:1-2:13 Job’s “Birthday Curse”3:1-26 Dialogue with “Friends”4:1-31:40 Elihu’s discourse32:1-37:24 Yahweh’s 1 st Speech38:1-39:30 Job’s 1 st Response40:1-5 Yahweh’s 2 nd Speech40:6-41:34 Job’s 2 nd Response42:1-6 Epilogue42:7-17

Job—Purpose Theodicy –Is God Righteous or Vindictive? Protest Example of Faith –James 5:11

Job—Theology A New Worldview –How has his worldview changed? –God cannot be placed in a box! “The Necessity of a Christ” –We need a redeemer/arbiter –Some will suffer!

Ecclesiastes--Title “The Words of Qohelet”= קֹהֶ ֣ לֶת “Ecclesiastes”—Greek from LXX ( Ἐ κκλησιαστο ῦ )

Ecclesiastes--Structure Prologue1:1 Introduction1:2-11 King’s Testimony1:12-2:20 “Everything Under the Sun” 3:1-6:12 Various Wisdom Sayings7:1-12:7 Conclusion12:8 Epilogue12:9-14

Ecclesiastes--Theology Qohelet the Cynic –Confounded by the contradictions of life –A faithful cynic Carpe Diem Ecclesiastes and Job –Both attack the prevailing wisdom theology –Both build a new, synthetic theology and worldview

Qohelet?