PHIL 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Zophar, Chapter 27
13 Sep 2016
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Satan is the prosecutor, his job is to accuse people in the heavenly court, ruled by god. This tells the reader why job is punished. Satan accuses job of only being pious because he has a good life. So god lets satan ruin his life to prove why job is righteous. Antigone/job comparison: job and antigone both do what is right in the eyes of god(s) and are punished. Job stays righteous for the sake of being righteous. Then god gives satan permission to in ict bodily harm unto job, in order to test him further. The theme is about staying with god even though bad things are happening. Job is then visited by three friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar. (this is also the order of their ages) these are not israeli names. Eliphaz is more gentle than the others, and zophar is more rough.
