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Week 1 Lecture. The Book of Job. First Biblical book to be written Remains applicable to our lives today Author and date of actual writing unknown Setting - land of Uz c. 2000 B.C. Job a contemporary of the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Week 1 Lecture The Book of Job
First Biblical book to be written • Remains applicable to our lives today • Author and date of actual writing unknown • Setting - land of Uz c. 2000 B.C. • Job a contemporary of the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Categorized as both Poetry and Wisdom Literature • What happens in the Book of Job? • What question does the Book of Job explore?
Back then, people thought that God rewarded good living with prosperity and punished sin with hardship. • How does that belief tie with what happened to Job? • How do Job’s friends illustrate that belief? • How, indeed, does this ancient story apply to modern lives? • Job is considered “everyman.” What does that mean?
Define the following literature terms: • plot • conflict (and name the basic 4) • characterization • setting
tone • mood • style • theme • relevance
Who was C.S. Lewis? How is The Screwtape Letters related to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy? Define • apologist • epistolary novel • satire • irony
Define ironic inversion and give examples from The Screwtape Letters. Tie in The Screwtape Letters with the Book of Job.