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Class Notes on Sacred History, Volume I (1893)


THE BOOK OF JOB.

INTRODUCTORY NARRATIVE.
Job 1:1-2:13.

1. Job Is Introduced. Job 1:1-5.

2. Job Is Accused by Satan. Job 1:6-12.

3. The First Issue Decided. Job 1:13-22.

4. Satan Shifts His Ground. Job 2:1-6.

5. The Second Result. Job 2:7-10. [152]

6. Job's Three Friends Come to Comfort Him. Job 2:11-13.



PART FIRST.
JOB'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THREE FRIENDS.
Job 3:1-31:40.

§ I. JOB'S COMPLAINT. Job 3:1-26.

§ II. THE FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ. Job 4:1-5:27.

§ III. JOB'S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ. Job 6:1-7:21.

§ IV. FIRST SPEECH OF BILDAD. Job 8:1-22.

§ V. JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD. Job 9:1-10:22.

§ VI. FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR. Job 11:1-20.

§ VII. JOB'S REPLY TO ZOPHAR. Job 12:1-14:22.

§ VIII-XVII. TWO MORE ROUNDS OF SPEECHES. Job 15:1-31:40.



PART SECOND.
THE SPEECH OF ELIHU.
Job 32:1-37:24.



PART THIRD.
GOD SPEAKS FROM A WHIRLWIND.
Job 38:1-42:6.

§ I. THE INFINITE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE KNOWLEDGE AND POWER OF GOD, AND THOSE OF MAN. Job 38:1-39:30.

§ II. JOB HUMBLES HIMSELF, AND GOD PROCEEDS. Job 40:1-42:6.



THE SEQUEL, OR CONCLUDING NARRATIVE.
Job 42:7-17.

1. God's Decision of the Question Discussed. Job 42:7-9.

2. Job's Restoration. Job 42:10-17.



QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE BOOK OF JOB.

[CNSH1 152-158]


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