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5 Μαρ 2022 · Commentary on the Book of Job by St. Thomas AquinasTrans. by Brian MulladayEdit. by Joseph Kenny, O.P.Reformatted by DigitalLogos, 2021.
So after the promulgation of the Law and the Prophets, the Book of Job occupies first place in the order of Holy Scripture, the books composed by the wisdom of the Holy Spirit for the instruction of men. The whole intention of this book is directed to this: to show that human affairs are ruled by divine providence using probable arguments.
The entire book opens up a new perspective, that of the reward which awaits, in heaven, those who do God’s will on earth. Job’s suffering, the suffering of a just man who bears it patiently and continues to seek mercy and forgiveness, acquires its fullest meaning in the New Testament.
explanation of the intended meaning of the scriptural Book of Job. The original story, which Thomas read in the Latin Vulgate, is about a perfectly religious man whom God allows to suffer in order to test his fai th. Why, one may ask, should the thoughtful Christian reader prefer extensive commentary on the details of
This is a full length thematic commentary on Job putting forward a parabolic reading developing and correcting the published approach of David Wolfers' 1994 Eerdmans commentary. It reads Job as a script for a play debating and discussing the problem of the suffering of Hezekiah and the nation during the Assyrian crisis of 701.
The Book of Job. by Fr. William Most. Introduction: Job consists of a prose introduction and conclusion - which may have existed separately from the rest, and of a large poetic core. Satan - who seems not to be the same as the devil, merely an opponent - tells God that Job would not obey if he were afflicted.
Contents. The Book of Job consists of (1) a prologue in prose (1-2), (2) a poetic, main division (3-42:6), and (3) an epilogue also in prose (42:7-17). (1) The prologue narrates how, with the permission of God, a holy man Job is tried by Satan with severe afflictions, in order to test his virtue.
