Re: [asa] On Job

The belief that Job actually existed and the historicity of Job is authentic are common beliefs among Southern Baptist ministers, as well as church members. I remember watching a student break down in tears in a hermeneutics class in seminary when the prof discussed the literary genre of Job as allegorical.

-Phil

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From: Carol or John Burgeson <burgytwo@juno.com>
> Vernon commented: "Can such passages as Job 1:6-12 =
> and 2:1-7 be 'interpreted' to mean something different from their =
> account of actual meetings, actual discussions and actual consequences?
> =
> And if, in your view they must be accepted as real events, what might we
> =
> usefully glean from them?"
>
> The most reasonable interpretation of Job is that it is a morality play.
> To consider it as sober factual history is ludicrous. Sort of like
> believing ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
>
> Burgy
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Received on Wed Oct 4 11:56:51 2006