Friday, October 7, 2016

The Book of Job vs. Stories of the Old Testament

After reading both The Book of Job (Part I) and stories of the Old Testament, I notice some similarities and differences.  One similarity is that in both stories, God is testing the people to see if they are loyal. For example, in The Book of Job, God takes away most of his belongings to see if he remains loyal. In the story of Adam and Eve, God places the tree in the middle of the Garden which they cannot eat from to see if they will obey his command. Another similarity is that in all of the stories, God wants his way and to be the most powerful on Earth.  This is shown in The Book of Job when God takes away everything of Job's and leaves him with nothing.  This is also shown in the story of Noah's Ark when God floods the Earth and kills everyone. One more similarity between the stories is that people are scared of God.  In the story of Abraham and Issac, Abraham obeys God and almost sacrifices his own son.  He does this because he is scared.  In The book of Job, Job was obidient to God as well because he feared God.  A difference between the two stories is that in the Old Testament, the terminology does not include Old English words whereas The Book of Job does include Old English terminology.  For example, the following sentence is included in The Book of Job: "Hast thou not put a hedge about him." Another difference between the two stories is that in the story of Abraham and Issac from the Old Testament, they remain faithful to God whereas in The Book of Job, he resists cursing God's name for his misfourtunes but eventually he gives in. The Book of Job and the stories of the Old Testament have many similarities but also have some differences.

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