This fascinated me, that even though the writer is not clearly stated we can know so much about him (From lecture notes):
·
Remarkable poet and genius
o
Best/complex Hebrew
poetry
o
1020 lines of poetry in
Job
o
over 60 triple
parallelism
·
Some of finest words in literature
·
Wide knowledge of mythology
- uses mythololy
from all over the known world
- very well
travelled or well read?
- knew different
cultures, languages very well
·
Impressive general
knowledge – a class above rest of ot in writing ability (As Luke and Hebrews
were above NT authors)
o
5 words for Lion(4:10-11)
o
Animals described in detail (38:39-39:30)
o
13 words for gems (28:15-19)
o
Knowledge of /human body got together (10:8-11)
- Of weather patterns (7:9,36:27-37,
38:34-38)
- The constellations (9:9, 38:31-33)
- Mining practises (28:1-11)
- 6 words for traps (18:8-10)
- Caravan routes (6:18-20)
- Knowledge of past history &
culture
Also that when he suffered his friends tried to fix him...
- Rejects
easy answers
- People who have suffered don’t want
people to explain what’s going on, they want people to comfort them. They reject quick
explanations about what s happening and why. APPLICATION - Do I do this? Do I try to fix my friends!? Instead I should listen, comfort and love.
- Suffered himself?
- Bold and original thinker
- Challenges excepted views
- Wise man?
No comments:
Post a Comment