THE BOOK OF JOB.
Reading edition
BY
ROBERT A. WATSON, D.D.,
AUTHOR OF "JUDGES AND RUTH," "GOSPELS OF YESTERDAY," ETC.
NEW YORK
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
LAFAYETTE PLACE 1900
CONTENTS.
PROLOGUE.
I.
PAGE
THE AUTHOR AND HIS WORK 3
II.
THE OPENING SCENE ON EARTH 19
III.
THE OPENING SCENE IN HEAVEN 33
IV.
THE SHADOW OF GOD'S HAND 50
V.
THE DILEMMA OF FAITH 67
THE FIRST COLLOQUY.
VI.
THE CRY FROM THE DEPTH 85
VII.
THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEEN 99
VIII.
MEN FALSE: GOD OVERBEARING 116
IX.
VENTURESOME THEOLOGY 135
X.
THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN 141
XI.
A FRESH ATTEMPT TO CONVICT 154
XII.
BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD 162
THE SECOND COLLOQUY.
XIII.
THE TRADITION OF A PURE RACE 187
XIV.
"MY WITNESS IN HEAVEN" 201
XV.
A SCHEME OF WORLD-RULE 215
XVI.
"MY REDEEMER LIVETH" 222
XVII.
IGNORANT CRITICISM OF LIFE 243
XVII.
ARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD EQUAL? 253
THE THIRD COLLOQUY.
XIX.
DOGMATIC AND MORAL ERROR 269
XX.
WHERE IS ELOAH? 281
XXI.
THE DOMINION AND THE BRIGHTNESS 298
XXII.
THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS 302
XXIII.
CHORAL INTERLUDE 313
XXIV.
AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING 320
ELIHU INTERVENES.
XXV.
POST-EXILIC WISDOM 341
XXVI.
THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE 361
THE VOICE FROM THE STORM.
XXVII.
"MUSIC IN THE BOUNDS OF LAW" 381
XXVIII.
THE RECONCILIATION 392
XXIX.
EPILOGUE 409
INDEX 413