The principal character in the biblical book of Job, which addresses the problem of human suffering: how can a just God explain the human condition, the prosperity of the wicked, and the suffering of the righteous? The book is in two parts, a prose...

A *biblical book in the *Ketuvim (‘Writings’) section. The Book of Job tells the story of how the upright Job was tested by *God by the destruction of his family and worldly goods. Job refuses to accept that these disasters are the result...

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JOB. The biblical Book of Job is included among the Writings (Ketubim) in the Hebrew Bible and among the Poetic books in the Old Testament. Along with Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Sirach, it is part of the wisdom literature of ancient Israel. The...

The Book of Job (איוב) is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible. Job is a didactic poem set in a prose framing device. According to the Testament of Job, another name for Job is Jobab. Genesis 36:33 identifies a Jobab, as a descendant of Esau, a king...

If my last venture in charity had been the Oil for Food program, which fleeced the starving in order to enrich Saddam Hussein, I would not have criticized America's first response to the tsunami. But now that the choppers and the money (public and private)...

The message flickered into Cindy Fleenor's living room each night: Be faithful in how you live and how you give, the television preachers said, and God will shower you with material riches.And so the 53-year-old accountant from the Tampa, Fla., area pledged $500 a year...

In the ill-wind-that-blows-no-good department, special consideration should be given to the American politicians photo-opping their way through the catastrophic sadness of Southeast Asia. Due recognition ought to be given to the ghoulish discussions on TV about how the death and misery of so many...

The Bush administration's latest immigration policy may shut out illegals but could also export jobs, business groups warn.The policy forces employers to fire people who can't be verified as legal, or face stiff fines.That's certain to shrink the low-skilled labor pool. But rather than push...

An American professor of the Bible and of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures, Greenberg has published works that include The Religion of Israel (1963) and Introduction to Hebrew (1964). In the following essay he offers an analysis of The Book of Job, examining problems of inconsistency within the text and considering several possible interpretations of the work's meaning.

Royce was an American philosopher whose writings encompass the fields of mathematical logic, psychology, metaphysics, religion, and social ethics. He is noted for developing an idealist philosophy emphasizing individuality and the human will rather than intellect. In the following excerpt from his essay "The Problem of Job" in Studies of Good and Evil (1898), he examines the problem of suffering as depicted in The Book of Job, employing the tenets of philosophical idealism, by which God may b...

In the following excerpt from his introduction to The Anchor Bible: Job, Pope examines several points of critical debate surrounding The Book of Job: the question of textual integrity, the form and origin of the book, the place of the work in the literary canon, and the philosophical and educational intentions of the book's author(s).

Compares the theme of arrogance in the Book of Job and the Sophocles play Oedipus Rex. Summarizes each text and compares the character of Oedipus to Job.

Examines the Moral Learning and Development of Job and Arjuna as described in the Book of Job and The Bhagavad-Gita.