She has been cast as a villain in Job's ordeal. Of the five people who speak with him, four are theologizing friends who who defend God's character and attributes while insisting Job must have some hidden sin. It is only his wife who insists Job do something about his predicament.
Women from the Dawn of Time
Each podcast is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.
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“Unoffendable” Scripture Versus Straw Men
Jesus and Paul provide the template for us to understand how to process our offences and emotional pain. At the end of this post, I provide the title for what I think is a way better book on that topic. #Unoffendable #BrantHansen
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Isaiah 26: The Dead Shall Rise
Perhaps praying about the two paths drew Isaiah’s mind to the kings of Israel and Judah, for they represented those paths—the road of righteousness and the way of the wicked.
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James: Riches and Patience
I doubt James intended to imply that patient forbearance will restore fortunes. Instead, the end of his letter points back to the beginning. Patient forbearance is the rich soil in which the implanted seed can bear fruit, producing an abundant harvest of godliness.
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Wife of Job
When I first taught the book of Job, I was squarely on one side of this question. But, over the years, learning Hebrew, reading a wider selection of scholarly works, my positioned has been changed, and I share all that research in this twenty minute talk.
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Table of Nations: Japheth and Shem
Last week, I covered the migration of Ham's descendents across the Middle East and through to the continents of Africa to the west and south. This week I'll follow Japheth into Eurasia, over the top of the world and across to the other side of the globe, the Americas. Shem will settle largely in the Levant.
