Book of Job

Genre Significant Contemporar Literary Textual Binary

Ideas / y Relevance Merit / Evidence Opposites
Contributions Devices
Religious 1. The first 1. Job 4. Irony 1. Job 3:23 1.Good vs.
Text documents in represents “Why is life evil
history to 5. Narrative given to a
concentrate man 2. Faith vs
solely on how 6. Personific     whose Mistrust
just God can ation way is
allow hidden, 3. Punishmen
suffering of 7. Chronolo     whom t vs. reward
innocents. gy and God has
2. Questions Organization hedged in?.” 4. Trial vs
the ethical Joy
nature of God, 2.Imagery
challenging and 2. Job 38:7
the doctrine Description “while the
that virtue is morning
rewarded and stars sang
vice is 5.Symbolism together
punished.     and all the
3. Humility angels shout
and rising ed for joy?”
above
personal 3. Job 42:5
suffering is the “My ears
key to a had heard of
greater you
understanding     but now
of the power my eyes
of God. have seen
you.”