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Class Notes on Sacred History, Volume I (1893)



THE BOOK OF JOB.

INTRODUCTORY NARRATIVE.

i. 1-ii. 13.

1. Job Is Introduced. i. 1-5.

2. Job Is Accused by Satan. 6-12.

3. The First Issue Decided. 13-22.

4. Satan Shifts His Ground. ii. 1-6.

5. The Second Result. 7-10. [152]

6. Job's Three Friends Come to Comfort Him. 11-13.



PART FIRST.

JOB'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THREE FRIENDS.

iii. 1-xxxi. 40.

§ I. JOB'S COMPLAINT. iii. 1-26.

§ II. THE FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ. iv. 1-v. 27.

§ III. JOB'S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ. vi. 1-vii. 21.

§ IV. FIRST SPEECH OF BILDAD. viii. 1-22.

§ V. JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD. ix. 1-x. 22.

§ VI. FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR. xi. 1-20.

§ VII. JOB'S REPLY TO ZOPHAR. xii. 1-xiv. 22.

§ VIII-XVII. TWO MORE ROUNDS OF SPEECHES. xv. 1-xxxi. 40.



PART SECOND.

THE SPEECH OF ELIHU.

xxxi. 1-xxxvii. 24.



PART THIRD.

GOD SPEAKS FROM A WHIRLWIND.

xxxviii. 1-xlii. 6.

§ I. THE INFINITE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE KNOWLEDGE
AND
POWER OF GOD, AND THOSE OF MAN. xxxviii. 1-xxxix. 30.

§ II. JOB HUMBLES HIMSELF, AND GOD PROCEEDS. xl. 1-xlii. 6.



THE SEQUEL, OR CONCLUDING NARRATIVE.

xlii. 7-17.

1. God's Decision of the Question Discussed. xlii. 7-9.

2. Job's Restoration. 10-17.



QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE BOOK OF JOB.

[CNSH1 152-158]


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