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The Hebrew for the final clause is: וַיָּבוֹא גַם הַשָּׂטָן, בְּתוֹכָם. גַם means "also", so a straightforward reading suggests that the satan was not part of the group. We see another "exclusive gam" in Gen 33:7, where Yaakov's concubines (handmaids) approach Eisav and "gam Leah" -- Leah is not a handmaid but a wife. These are just two examples, ...

The reference to singing comes a few verses later: 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast the understanding. 5 Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof, 7 When the morning ...

Perhaps it's a case of YAPSM (Yet another primordial sea monster) in the Bible. In recollecting from the only secular scripture class I've taken, which you may take with a grain of salt if you wish, there's Leviathan and Behemoth which represent crocodiles and hippos accordingly. Rahab, is another sea monster, (s)he also makes her presence known in ...

The beauty of a young woman comes to us through our eyes, whereby we might be drawn into sin and adultery. Therefore, possibly making a covenant with our eyes is just a poetic way of saying: ‘I have agreed within myself, swore to myself and all the prime members involved, that I will not lustfully gaze after a maiden.’ One might say 'I made a covenant with ...

The context at hand is not concerning the maidens, but concerning the ferocious creature of the sea, Leviathan. This is the key to understanding the context. There is no cynicism, but in fact grave awe. The word Leviathan (לִוְיָתָן) is only mentioned five times in the Hebrew Bible, and refers to either a ferocious creature of the sea, or to an angelic ...

In my framework for understanding Job, Elihu is an Elijah figure. He is the voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the Lord" This is part of a wider Bible pattern of both: God finally arriving in person to judge (not just in the sense of 'judgement', but also in the sense of leadership and personal presence with his people). God being ...

The rabbis of the talmud, recording received oral tradition, appear to understand God to have arranged the stars into their constellations. The following passage from Tractate B'rachot 58b (in the Babylonian talmud) comments on the passages brought in this question (among others): Samuel contrasted two texts. It is written, Who maketh the Bear, Orion, ...

I think the wording of the text draws our minds to ponder the beauty and arrangement of the stars and the power of God who put them in their place.  Back in the days before electricity, the heavens would have been the most fascinating movie theatre to watch and it is no surprise that ancient philosophers identified the idea of God/gods with them and paid ...

The genre of Job The book of Job falls clearly in the category of wisdom literature: Wisdom literature is a genre of literature common in the Ancient Near East. This genre is characterized by sayings of wisdom intended to teach about divinity and about virtue. The key principle of wisdom literature is that while techniques of traditional story-telling ...

If we had nothing but the Book of Job to go by, and we had to interpret the Book of Job through the Book of Job, then we would be compelled to look at Job 9:32-33, which read as follows: Job 9:32-33 (NASB) 32 For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him, that we may go to court together. 33 There is no umpire between us, who may lay his hand ...

From Wikipedia, Book of Job: The Talmudic tractate Bava Batra (15a-b) maintains that Job was written by Moses, although nowhere does it name its author. Other opinions in the Talmud ascribe it to the period of before the First Temple, the time of the patriarch Jacob, or King Ahasuerus. The Talmud cites a number of opinions about exactly when the events ...

It seems that anyone who is termed the "son of God" is someone who is directly created by God. Thus Adam is the "son of God" because he was directly created by God (Luke 3:38). Likewise, Jesus is the "son of God" because he was begotten by his heavenly father. Satan, like other angels, was created by the direct hand of God (Ezek 28:13), and therefore he too ...

Adam Kadmon (as taught by the rabbis) is both Divine Light and Man. This is also the claim of the Christian Messiah. (See John 1:1-4.) It is he that will fully reveal God to man. Another claim of Jesus. "If you have seen me, you have seen the Father". It is not common among Jews since it is only taught to faithful Jewish men over the age of 40. Job ...

What is a "son"? In the genealogy of Joseph in Luke 3:38, Adam is described as the "son of God" because he was directly created by God. In like manner, God is the progenitor of all angels. (They are non-procreating beings according to Matthew 22:30.) Thus as beings who are created directly by God, they are "sons of God." Thus the "sons of God" shouted for ...

The morning stars (more than one) sung together implying they were a group or a choir, a soloist doesn't sing together, they just sing. The sons of God shouted, didn't say they sung. Maybe the morning stars was the heavenly choir and "The morning star" was the choir director, at first Lucifer (Isaiah 14:12) but he fell and now it is Jesus (Revelation ...

Jesus denied life after death, too. Haha. No, I am not attempting to come up with the latest version of "what Jesus really taught." Jesus does not deny the idea of the bodily resurrection; he clearly teaches it, and in the utter uniqueness of his person, practices what he preaches. In the Western world we tend toward bare materialistic view of life and ...

should these two characters be identified with each other or are they different beings altogether Would be like asking What is the relationship between the rate of traffic light over-runs in Maine and the homicide rate in NYC Traffic light over-runs and homicide are both infractions on society so I just can't resist drawing a straight line between ...