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Answer to Job (German: Antwort auf Hiob) is a 1952 book by Carl Jung that addresses the significance of the Book of Job to the "divine drama" of Christianity.It argues that while he submitted to Yahweh's omnipotence, Job nevertheless proved to be more moral and conscious than God, who tormented him without justification under the influence of Satan.
When Jung published Answer to Job, and again when it was published in English, White's fellow Roman Catholics reacted and what was once a ripple became a tidal wave. The Book of Job, a Wisdom book of the Bible, explores the problem of evil. White's correspondence with Jung made Jung refer to him as "my white raven", inasmuch as he was the only ...
Job's miserable earthly condition is simply God's will. In the following, Job debates with three friends concerning his condition. They argue whether it was justified, and they debate solutions to his problems. Job ultimately condemns all their counsel, beliefs, and critiques of him as false. God then appears to Job and his friends out of a ...
The Resurrection belief being the most significant. This was hinted at (for the first time in Old Testament writings) in the Book of Job; given in the mouth of Job: Job 19: 23-29. In fact this is a major testament of Job. Hence, to answer Jung with his "answer to Job" from a Christian point of view, the answer has to be the words of Job himself.
Job's acknowledgement that he is "small" ("vile"; rather than he has sinned) shows the turning point from arguing against YHWH into accepting what YHWH has done in Job's life. This answer of Job is still tentative, so YHWH proceeds with a second round of questions and observations (Job 40:6–41:34) to finally prompt Job to give his ultimate ...
Elihu is described as 'angry' (repeated four times in verses 2 (twice), 3 and 5), first to Job, because Job justified himself rather than God (verse 2), then to the three friends for not providing a (legal) "answer" to Job yet condemning Job (verse 3), and then while waiting for his turn to speak, Elihu is forced by this great anger to give ...
Job completes the last part of his oath of clearance by stating his right treatment of the land. [28] After these statements, there is a note that "the words of Job are ended", that is, Job ends his dispute with God at this point, although Job will still make two short contributions in response of God's speeches (Job 40:3–5; 42:1–6). [28]
Job 38 is the 38th chapter of the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] ... D. Brief Challenge to Answer (40:1–2)