Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Mark Markham" <markhamm AT topsurf.com>]

Job 19
25 "And as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
 26 "Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall see God;
27 Whom I myself shall behold,
And whom my eyes shall see and not another.
My heart faints within me.
The New American Standard Bible, (La Habra, California: The Lockman
Foundation) 1977.

It seems like a ref to life after death to me. Did he not have 7 sons before
his testing? Did he not have 7 after?

If some one asks me how many parent I had I would say 2-- even if one is
deceased. Job had 14 sons and 6 daughters.  Perhaps this is the logic of the
lecturer in question.

Grace,

Mark Markham
Heidelberg, Germany
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: 14 sons 6 daughters Job 42


> At 10:32 PM 9/28/99 +0200, you wrote:
>
> >Job believed in life beyond death. He truly was blessed with double of
> >everything.  Does this work?
>
> No it doesnt.  First, Job 42 says nothing about the dead kids.  It only
> describes what he gets after his big test.  Second, there is no indication
> in the text that Job believed in any afterlife.  He believed he was going
to
> Sheol with the rest of dead humanity.
>
> Best,
>
> Jim
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Jim West, ThD
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