Comparing Prometheus Bound And The Book Of Job

The distinction between archetypes and myth has often been blurred so much that myth critics have widely been using archetypal vocabulary (Reeves). Lévi Strauss’s assumption, “all human behavior is based on certain unchanging patterns, whose structure is the same in all ages and in all societies” (Morford and Lenardon 9), endorses the applicability of the mythological interpretation of the Promethean figure to the modern situation. The Promethean figure has contradictory characteristics: he is the archetype of culture god or hero responsible for all arts and science and at the same time the archetype of the divine or heroic trickster (Morford and Lenardon 60). A catholic marriage is attempted between the image and the idea in mythic conception. Therefore, the Promethean image, ignites an idea and strikes a chord in human beings everywhere and throughout time. Moreover, “the purpose of myth is to provide a logical model capable of overcoming a contradiction” (Reeves), something typical of the human mind and recurrent in the Promethean dilemma.

with the finest furnishings, her clothes spun from the most expensive threads. Her children likely had everything they needed. In one really bad day, she lost it all. All their wealth, property, and way of life (Job 1:13-22) disappeared. She was not only bankrupt, but homeless, and forced to beg outside the city dump.

Throughout Mary Rowlandson’s “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration,” Rowlandson repeatedly makes mention to the idea of Puritan dominance over Native Americans. Rowlandson exemplifies this through the use of harsh diction, imagery, and biblical allusions. Rowlandson employs these methods in order to create a chasm between her people, the Puritans, and her captors, the Native Americans. Throughout the text, Rowlandson paints the Puritan community as “God’s chosen people,” justifying their forceful taking of Native land that lead to the onset of King Philip’s war. Ironically, many of Rowlandson’s techniques unintentionally portray her as more savage and immoral than her Native captors.

Theater, government, and religion were all essential parts of ancient Greek culture. A unique trait which all of these aspects of ancient Greek society shared was progression and development. Theater progressed from simply relaying stories to tackling controversial topics which sparked discussion. Government showed growth and progression in both Sparta and Athens. Sparta developed a militaristic society which eliminated socioeconomic inequality and Athens’s monarchy evolved into a free democracy where people’s voices were heard. Religion does not contain progression as easily identifiable since there is no true timeline of the myths. However, it can be seen that over the course of many myths, there are Gods who hold power over

Ever since my friend brought me to her church six years ago, I’ve never gone two weeks without going to church at least once. Although I don't consider myself Christian, I do consider religion a big part of my life One of my biggest problems about faith was all the questions that I couldn't get a direct answer to such as How do you know God exists? or What about evolution?

Job owns seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yokes of oxen, three daughters, seven sons, and a wife-in short, prosperity. In addition, he is a respectful and religious man who worships God and lives a chaste life. However, God chooses to test Job and sets a list of punishments for him, who undergoes these challenges throughout the book of Job. There is a certain contradiction in a deity that punishes those who obey, and the story emphasizes the omniscience of God’s unique role in Job’s life. God’s seemingly capricious nature demonstrates the usage of power by an omnipotent figure, in terms of beneficence, retributive justice, and exploitation.

Deception and lies both play large roles in Greek mythology. Even Zeus, who is said to punish liars, frequently tricks both mortals and immortals. Although it always has a prominent role in myths, deceit is a powerful factor in the myths of Prometheus, Nessus, and Zeus.

The Book of Job provides an example of how people should praise God by illustrating a blameless, responsible, and fearing man who will always turn away from evil. Therefore, this book presents the same man tortured by outside forces lacking the possibility to acquire help from family and friends. Throughout the reading in particular (14:11) demonstrates how there was a moment of weakness in which Job fails and ask for his death, but after all, he did not commit sin and endured waiting for his torment to banish. In addition, the book reveals how men turned against a man in need and instead judged him without understanding the sources causing his disgrace. However, the book provides a comparison in how humans behave by providing vivid examples of characters who showed behaviors illustrating how humanity functions.

In my opinion, both Job and Odysseus were two of the most courageous upstanding men that I had ever seen. Job did whatever he could to keep his faith in God and at the same time, Job’s family was very important to him as well. No matter what test and tribulations that Job endured and went through, he refused to let anyone or anything get in the way of him and his faithfulness that he had for the lord. Job was chosen as a subject of a stern test of confidence, since he was undeniably the best man of confidence alive. God announced that Job’s loyalty and faith was in fact genuine. Satan convinced that Job’s loyalty was unusual loyalty. Job in the end, passed the test of faith with flying colors, however he showed the wonderful insightfulness of his loyalty. Job wanted nothing to do with anything that wasn’t of the lord and wasn’t good. Odysseus on the other hand was a courageous person as well, that did whatever it took for him to get back home to his wife. No man, sea, or woman got in the way of Odysseus getting to his destination. Odysseus was a heroic hero in both the physical and the spiritual intellect. In the physical intellect he is an extraordinary saint, since he defeats all of the countless risks that were taken, Job remains alive in the awaken of thinking for an extended amount of time and meeting some of the best

betrayed Zeus. Which in his eyes was the equivalent of God in Judas’s eyes. In the Ae-

The heart of the Old Testament second edition is a book written by Ronald Youngblood. Robert Youngblood wrote this book with a goal of showing people that the Old Testament is not any different from the New Testament, and should not be treated as a separate entity. In the book, Youngblood identifies the nine themes that form the pillar of the Old Testament. He then discusses these nine themes of the Old Testaments with supporting scriptures from the New Testament. The nine themes include monotheism, covenant, law, sovereignty, theocracy, sacrifice, election, redemption and faith (Youngblood, 1998).

For many early settlers in America, a strong faith and steady belief in God’s ability to influence and intervene in their everyday lives was vital to survive and endure the hardships and burdens they often faced. This is the case in “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”, Mary Rowlandson’s account of a Native American attack on her home which resulted in a lengthened, grueling captivity; throughout her captivity, Rowlandson finds immense comfort and peace in her faith in God and within a Bible she receives. Similarly, Anne Bradstreet depicts the tragic burning of her home in her poem “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th 1666”. In her poem, Bradstreet portrays the sadness she feels

chapter of Job, this appears to be a fun-loving, God-fearing, tight-knit family. Who was the heartbeat of this home? Likely Job's wife played a big part in that. It's unlikely he could be such an esteemed man in society (Job 1:1) if his wife was not an integral and influential leader in her own right.

Summarize Lennox’s interpretation of what the book of Job says about God and suffering: Suffering is a part of God’s plan, and a part of life. People suffer in life not just because of our sins but we encounter suffering as a part of testing one’s obedience and faith.

at https://books.google.co.nz/books. Christle Maier is the Professor of Old Testament at Yale Divinity School, and Professor Silvia Schroer’s is an editor and writer whose area of specialisation is The Old Testament, feminist exegesis and hermeneutics. She is the founder and editor of the first Internet journal for feminist exegesis in Europe, the "Lectio Difficilior".