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... Job from which he has selected his chapter opened with the words , " Then answered Bildad the Shuhite ; and , in the final chapter of the book , God is represented as declaring that this Bildad and the other friends of Job " have not ...
... Job from which he has selected his chapter opened with the words , " Then answered Bildad the Shuhite ; and , in the final chapter of the book , God is represented as declaring that this Bildad and the other friends of Job " have not ...
Page 7
... book ; in other literature the details represent the author's sentiments , in drama they represent the sentiments which the author has put into the mouth of another , possibly of one who is the oppo- site of himself . The author of Job ...
... book ; in other literature the details represent the author's sentiments , in drama they represent the sentiments which the author has put into the mouth of another , possibly of one who is the oppo- site of himself . The author of Job ...
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... Job , just as for Shakespeare's Hamlet , there was no doubt a basis of historic fact ; but neither the play nor The Book of Job is in any way limited by that historic germ . Solomon's Song is just as much a piece of creative literature ...
... Job , just as for Shakespeare's Hamlet , there was no doubt a basis of historic fact ; but neither the play nor The Book of Job is in any way limited by that historic germ . Solomon's Song is just as much a piece of creative literature ...
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... Book of Job is Wisdom Dramatised : this crowning work of Old Testa- ment philosophy serves also to present the other philo- sophical books in their mutual relations . I propose to review these works in the literary sequence in which we ...
... Book of Job is Wisdom Dramatised : this crowning work of Old Testa- ment philosophy serves also to present the other philo- sophical books in their mutual relations . I propose to review these works in the literary sequence in which we ...
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... Book of Job the form changes alto- gether to that of drama and narrated story . The two last - named works differ from the rest in lacking the series of miscellaneous proverbs and epigrams . Yet these two books are full of wise and ...
... Book of Job the form changes alto- gether to that of drama and narrated story . The two last - named works differ from the rest in lacking the series of miscellaneous proverbs and epigrams . Yet these two books are full of wise and ...
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Abraham apostles Appendix Babylon Balaam Behold biblical Blessed Book of Ezekiel Book of Isaiah Book of Job captivity Chapter Christ Christian Chronicles church covenant death discourse Divine doom dramatic earth Ecclesiastes Ecclesiasticus Egypt epilogue Epistle essay evil exile Ezekiel father Gentiles glory God's gospel hast hath heart heaven Hebrew history of Israel holy idyl interpretation Isaiah Israel Jehovah Jeremiah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Jews Judah judgment king kingdom land literary form literary study LORD lyric lyric poetry mercy ministry Modern Reader's Bible Moses mystery narrative nations Old Testament Pages parable pastoral epistles poem poetry presented prologue prophecy prophetic prose Proverbs psalm reader Revelation rhapsody righteous sacred saith salvation Scripture Servant shalt Sisera Solomon song soul spirit stand story Temple thee things thou thought tion unto verse vision whole wicked wisdom literature Wisdom of Solomon word Zion