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Guiding Questions: Job 11

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This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

What is the tone of Zophar’s speech in Job 11:1-4?
What does he claim is Job’s method for discouraging rebuke?
What is Zophar’s appraisal of Job’s guilt and the punishment due him (Job 11:6)?
In what context does Zophar compare man and God (Job 11:7-10)?
What is God’s relationship to man in Job 11:11-12?
Job 11:12 is particularly difficult. Does it suggest that some prophets are born with no more intelligence than an ass? Is there another possible interpretation?
What, according to Zophar, will guarantee a brighter and better life (Job 11:13-19)? Is his message simple or simplistic?
What is the point of “the great will count your favor” (Job 11:19)?
What is the connection between Job 11:20 and the preceding?
Has Zophar conveyed a message of consolation to Job?

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Exploring Judaism is the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism, embracing the beauty and complexity of Judaism, and our personal search for meaning, learning, and connecting. Our goal is to create content based on three core framing: Meaning-Making (Why?), Practical Living (How?), and Explainers (What?).

Post categories: Job, Ketuvim (Writings), Tanakh, Tanakh Yomi

Post tags: Job 11, Perek Yomi (USCJ)

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