Keith Essex
Job

Keith Essex's correlating video lecture(s) from The Master's Seminary:

• Lecture 23: Job; and
• Lecture 24: Interpretive Issues of Job.

9. Job [MSB, 681-2; ESVSB, 869-73; HSB, 821-4; DOTWPW, 333-46]
   1. Introduction
      1. Title: "Job" (Job 1:1 [54x]; Ezek 14:14, 20; James 5:11) [DOTWPW, 371-4]
      2. Date
         1. The Events: c. 1800-1500 BC (Between Gen 50:26 & Exod 1:8)
            1. The Lands
               1. Uz (Job 1:1 w/Gen 22:21)
               2. Buz (Job 32:1 w/Gen 22:21)
               3. Sheba (Job 1:15 w/Gen 25:3)
            2. Patriarchal Life (Job 1:5)
            3. Job's Life Span (Job 42:16; cf. Gen 25:7; 35:28; 47:28)
         2. The Writing: c. 1400-930 BC
   2. Major Themes [see NIDOTTE, 4:780-96] [See Job]
      1. The "Righteous" Man Job (Job 1:1, 8; 2:3) who became a Suffering Servant of Yahweh (Job 1:8; 2:3; 42:7, 8) [see DOTWPW, 667-8, 775-81]
         1. "Complete, blameless, integrity" (Job 1:1, 8; 2:3, 9; 4:6; 8:20; 9:20, 21, 22; 12:4; 21:23; 27:5; 31:6)
         2. "Just, upright" (Job 1:1, 8; 2:3; 4:7; 8:6; 17:8; 23:7; 33:27)
         3. "Fearing God" (Job 1:1, 8, 9; 2:3; 9:35; 28:28; 37:24)
         4. "Righteous, righteousness" (Job 4:17; 6:29; 8:3, 6; 9:2, 15, 20; 10:15; 11:2; 12:4; 13:18; 15:14; 17:9; 22:3, 19; 25:4; 27:5, 17; 29:14; 31:6; 32:1, 2; 33:12, 32; 34:5, 17; 35:2, 7; 36:3, 7; 40:8)
      2. The Attack against Job [see DOTWPW, 108-12]
         1. Satan (Job 1; 2)
         2. Yahweh (Job 2:3; 38:1-42:6)
         3. The Three Friends (Job 2-31; 42:7-9)
         4. Elihu (Job 33-37)
      3. The Sovereignty of Yahweh (Job 38-42)
         1. The Creator
         2. The Controller of the Universe
   3. Purpose: The response of the righteous man to suffering must be worship of and submission to Yahweh. [see BibSac 137:2 (April, 1981) 139-57; to show that the proper relationship between God and man is based solely on the sovereign grace of God and man's response of faith and submissive trust]
   4. The Literary Structure (see outline: Job's Curse; Job 29:1 - 42:6; and Job Outline.)
   5. Bibliography
      1. Exegetical:
         • Hartley, The Book of Job (NICOT).
      2. English Interpretation:
         • Alden, Job (NAC).
         • Andersen, Job (TOTC).
      3. Expositional:
         • Atkinson, The Message of Job (BST).
   6. Selected Interpretive Problems [see DOTWPW, 361-71]
      1. The Source of the Wisdom Discourse in Chapter 28 [MSB, 711; ESVSB, 909-10]
         1. Job [Alden (?); BKC]
         2. The Author of the Book
            1. The Original Position [Hartley; Andersen; Atkinson; EBC]
            2. Presently Misplaced
      2. The Sickness of Job [MSB, 687]
         1. Smallpox
         2. Elephantiasis
         3. Pemphigus Foliaceus [BKC]
         4. No Exact Diagnosis Possible [Hartley; Alden; Andersen; EBC]
      3. Elihu [MSB, 716; ESVSB, 871-2; 916-7]
         1. No Positive or Negative Contribution [Alden]
         2. The Spokesman for God
         3. A Further Human Counselor [Andersen; EBC]
         4. A Layer of the Foundation for Yahweh's Words [Hartley; Atkinson; BKC]
      4. Job's Wrong (Job 42:6; cf. Job 40:1-5) [MSB, 727; ESVSB, 932; HSB, 875]
         1. Previous Hidden Sin
         2. Sin in the Suffering (i.e. Pride in his 'Innocence') and a Changed Attitude [Hartley; Alden; EBC; BKC]
         3. No Sin, But a Changed Attitude [Andersen (?); Atkinson (?)]
         4. No Sin, But God's Consolation
   7. Preaching Job [see BibSac 151:4 (October, 1994) 393-413]

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