Timeline for Interpretations of Elihu in Job
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| Jun 17, 2013 at 15:53 | comment | added | Frank Luke | Where to put the quotation marks is a big question when translating Job. The same issue described in that question appears in this chapter. Job and the others all speak in the first person at some point in their speeches. Just one example for each: Job (3:2), Eliphaz (4:12), Bildad (8:9), Zophar (20:2), and Elihu (32:6). So 1st person doesn't help us narrow down an author. | |
| Jun 16, 2013 at 4:25 | history | edited | user208 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added in contents of post #4 on this question
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| Jun 14, 2013 at 20:43 | comment | added | Bruce James | @MVS: I don't care if you accept the possibility that Moses wrote Job or not. Its an oral tradition that the Pharisees learned, just as they learned that there is life after death -- something not mentioned in the Old Testament (which I call Tanach) -- from the Oral Tradition traced back to Moses. But even the Christian Revised Standard Version of the Bible does not interpret the use of the 1st person in Job 32:15 as proof of Elihu's authorship. Rather the author is quoting a speech Elihu gives from 32:6-22. RSV intdents the entire text. | |
| Jun 13, 2013 at 15:42 | comment | added | Frank Luke | I changed the 3rd to 1st since that is what the KJV has and added some links and the verses most central to your argument. | |
| Jun 13, 2013 at 15:41 | history | edited | Frank Luke | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
3rd to 1st. Added links to cited passages.
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| Jun 13, 2013 at 15:32 | comment | added | Frank Luke | The Scriptures are not encrypted. The Father, Son, and Spirit want us to read and understand them. There are things that an unbeliever will not understand, granted, but the vast majority is for us to understand. This should not be taken that we are the final authority, but remember "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (2 Tim 3:16). | |
| Jun 13, 2013 at 15:26 | history | edited | Jack Douglas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
edited in the text of the other answer as I this is probably more whas intended
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| Jun 13, 2013 at 15:21 | comment | added | Jack Douglas | @MVS I don't think anyone is attacking your answer or saying it is 'wrong' we welcome contributions from people with your beliefs whether or not we share them, if we can follow the logic of what you are saying. That might be easier if you explained yourself more fully in the answer: please take the time to flesh out what your argument from scripture is, as it is certainly not obvious to me. For example, are you arguing that the KJV is a good translations and others are not? Are you arguing that the 3rd person is not usually used except by the author? We don't know unless you tell us. | |
| Jun 12, 2013 at 11:43 | comment | added | MVS | Does anyone understand scriptural authority? Neither the Russian commentator (or any commentator), nor the Talmud, are scriptural authority. Only the 66 books of the bible are scriptural authority. The bible has internal integrity; scripture interprets scripture. 1 Cor.2.13...we compare spiritual with spiritual. There is nothing to expand on; either you see this, or you do not see this. Elihu is the author of Job. The scriptures are encrypted; unlocked only by the Lord Himself. | |
| Jun 11, 2013 at 21:16 | comment | added | Bruce James | I should have also said that the Talmud, at Bava Basra 14b, credited Moses with writing the Book of Job long before the Malbim said so. | |
| S Jun 11, 2013 at 20:34 | history | suggested | Bruce James | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added link to verses.
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| Jun 11, 2013 at 20:19 | comment | added | Bruce James | It is an interesting inference you've made about Elilhu, but I don't think it is all that clear. In fact, the Malbim (aka Rabbi Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel Wisser), a 19th century Russian Jewish Biblical commentator, argued that Moses authored Job for the then enslaved Jewish people. Many Christian scholars just say that the authorship is unknown. Moreover, I agree with Monica that although I get what you're trying to say, it is not clear on its face. I think there is room for you to improve your answer. | |
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| Jun 11, 2013 at 14:31 | history | edited | Jack Douglas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 11, 2013 at 12:03 | history | answered | MVS | CC BY-SA 3.0 |