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Job Theological Synthesis: Prequel To The Bible
Addy Moncrief

Job Theological Synthesis

Since Job is the earliest book written, the prequel to the Bible, we must look as the book as incomplete. Not incomplete in away where the author, God-inspired, missed information, but in a sense that Job’s questions are answered in the Old and New Testament canon combined, specifically Romans. Job is the epitome of biblical questions. There is no mention of tabernacle, Israel, priesthood, no worship system, or central place for worship. So, the theological theme of is not just how to deal with suffering or the question of who is righteous although both of those are important themes. It is more of, why we have the need for the bible. To begin, we see the providence of

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