The Divine Speeches of Job 38-41: Chaos Is a Friend of Mine Público
Cooper, Jonathan Alfred (2012)
Published
Abstract
The divine speeches in Job 38:1-41:34, along with Job's final reply
in 42:1-6,
stand as the theological and literary climax of the book. The
speeches, which take the
form of a legal dispute, utilize a number of different genres that
are intended to evoke an
emotional response from Job. A rhetorical analysis shows that the
purpose of the
speeches is to show Job the error of his worldview that had
misunderstood the relation of
God to creation (and by extension, to humanity), and to re-orient
Job to a right
understanding of God, God's governance and God's justice. When
confronted with the
cumulative effect of the storm, the vision of God, and the vivid
imagery found in God's
speeches, Job, realizing the inadequacy of the worldview from which
he had contended,
merely retracts his lawsuit against God and ceases his mournful
posture.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
1.
Introduction
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1
2.
Preliminary Considerations Regarding Job
.................................................... 6
3.
Form and Genre Considerations
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10
Outline.............................................................................................................
10
Genres and forms:
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11
Legal Disputation
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12
Creator
Hymn............................................................................................
14
Wasf...........................................................................................................
17
Challenge-to-Rival
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18
Conclusion
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20
4.
Purpose of the Divine Speeches
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22
Introduction
.....................................................................................................
22
The First Divine Speech and Job's Response (38:1-40:5)
.............................. 26
God's Charge Against Job
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26
God's Use of Rhetorical
Questions...........................................................
30
Cosmological and Climatological Imagery
.............................................. 32
Animal Imagery
........................................................................................
37
God's Demand and Job's Reply
...............................................................
42
The Second Divine Speech and Job's Response (40:6-42:6)
......................... 43
God's Challenge and Charges Against Job
............................................... 43
God's Comparison with
Job......................................................................
44
Behemoth and Leviathan
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48
Wasf of Behemoth
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51
Wasf of Leviathan
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54
Job's
Reply................................................................................................
59
5.
Conclusion
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63
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