Daniel Haas

Tag: Job

  • The ostrich and the horse

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    Aesop’s well-known fable The Tortoise and the Hare is reflected in Job 39: Both were written in the 6th century BC.

  • SBNR

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    Today’s reading attests to God’s control of the forces of nature. For some that is all there is: Spiritual but Not Religious? Please Stop Boring Me. At least SBNR.org has a fun error 404 page:

  • Zeus in the Bible

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    When Elihu concludes his speech by describing the creative power of God he borrows extensively from Hellenistic imagery. That is pretty common throughout the Bible. World Literature has always been interconnected across religious and cultural lines.

  • Judge ye not

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    Elihu advises Job: “But you are obsessed with the case of the wicked; judgment and justice seize you. 18Beware that wrath does not entice you into scoffing, and do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.” That advice is also passed on through Jesus: “Do not judge, so that you may not…

  • Surely God does not hear an empty cry

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    Elihu knows: “Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.” He had a good student in rabbi Jesus: “When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like…