The Book of Job:
a). How does The Book of Job serve as a book of poetry and a book of wisdom? Tie this into an interpretation of the book as an allegorical theodicy.
b). Analyze the nature of evidence indicating that the Book of Job is a historical book, as opposed to a parable or an allegory. Tie the book into one of the Ecclesiastical themes of justice. Accordingly, Ecclesiastical justice is defined as a term in which both good and bad events occur in the lives of the unrighteous and the righteous. How does this point disprove Jobs’ friend’s judgmental points of view about Shaddai’s righteous justice? How is divine justice defined and is it served? Why is this crucial to analyze when interpreting the central lesson that is to be learned from the book?
