Job

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This paper discusses how Job's tale in the Old Testament is one of the most accessible of Biblical allegories. It looks at how an honorable, just, pious man loses everything--his ten children, his wife, his entire estate and on top of it all is inflicted with a horrendous skin disease that leaves him crippled and how all this was done as a challenge and a test of his faith. It also examines how the Book of Job has a happy ending in which a pleased God restores Job's fortune as a reward for his steadfastness and how it also sends a profound message to its readers and reflects the Hebrew concept of deity described throughout the Old Testament.

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"Each of the three friends echo the same sentiment: that Job must have sinned at some point. They refuse to believe that Job is blameless and instead instruct him to repent. The Book of Job examines the origin and nature of both sin and suffering. Whereas suffering could be considered a direct result of having sinned, Job teaches that suffering is universal and not necessarily dependent on prior transgressions. Job also proves the validity of faith and trust in God and shows that anger at God, when rightly placed, is often justified. Furthermore, God's disappointment with Job's friends exhibits an appreciation for Job's bold questioning: his friends believed that Job should cease his inquiry. Fearing God, therefore, may entail a direct engagement and dialogue with God."

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