Job
By: Christopher R. Smith
Series: Understanding the books of the Bible; Understanding the books of the Bible
Publisher: IVP Connect
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9780830858095
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Theology
Description: A study guide to the Book of Job, including study questions.
Table of contents: title: Experiencing the Book of Job as a whole; title: The adversary destroys Job's possessions, family and health; title: Job wishes he'd never been born; title: Eliphaz urges Job to trust God; title: Job asks his friends to understand and sympathize; title: Bildad urges Job to "plead with the Almighty" to escape the fate of the wicked; title: Job wishes he could take God to court; title: Zophar appeals to the hidden side of wisdom; title: Job insists he's as wise as his friends and again asks God for a hearing; title: Job looks for someone to believe in him; title: Accused by his friends, Job declares that God will be his redeemer; title: Zophar accuses Job of becoming rich by oppressing the poor; title: Eliphaz renews the charge that Job has oppressed the poor; title: The friends finish speaking with Job; title: Where can wisdom be found?; title: Job describes the losses he's suffered; title: Job guarantees his innocence with a sevenfold oath; title: Elihu insists that God has already been answering Job; title: Elihu challenges Job to respect God's authority; title: Elihu compares God's power to an approaching storm; title: The Lord portrays a wild world outside the realm of humanity; title: The Lord describes the terrible power of Behemoth and Leviathan.