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The Book of Job (; Hebrew: אִיוֹב ''Iyov'') is one of the Writings (Ketuvim) of the Hebrew Bible, and the first poetic book in the Christian Old Testament. Addressing the theme of God's justice in the face of human suffering – or more simply, "Why do the righteous suffer?" – it is a rich theological work setting out a variety of perspectives. It has been widely and often extravagantly praised for its literary qualities, with Alfred, Lord Tennyson calling it "the greatest poem of ancient and modern times". ==Structure== The Book of Job consists of a prose prologue and epilogue narrative framing poetic dialogues and monologues. It is common to view the narrative frame as the original core of the book, enlarged later by the poetic dialogues and discourses, and sections of the book such as the Elihu speeches and the wisdom poem of chapter 28 as late insertions, but recent trends have tended to concentrate on the book's underlying editorial unity. 1. ''Prologue'' in two scenes, the first on earth, the second in heaven () 2. ''Job's opening monologue'' ( – seen by some scholars as a bridge between the prologue and the dialogues and by others as the beginning of the dialogues), and three cycles of ''dialogues between Job and his three friends'' ( – the third cycle is not complete, the expected speech of Zophar being replaced by the wisdom poem of chapter 28) *''First cycle'' ::Eliphaz () and Job's response () ::Bildad (8) and Job () ::Zophar (11) and Job () *''Second cycle'' ::Eliphaz (15) and Job () ::Bildad (18) and Job () ::Zophar (20) and Job () *''Third cycle'' ::Eliphaz (22) and Job () ::Bildad (25) and Job () 3. Three monologues: *A ''Poem to Wisdom'' (chapter 28, previously read as part of the speech of Job, now regarded by most scholars as a separate interlude in the narrator's voice) *''Job's closing monologue'' (chapters 29-31) *and'' Elihu's speeches'' (chapters 32-37) 4. Two ''speeches by God'' (chapters 38:1-40:2 and 40:6-41:34, 42:7-8), with ''Job's responses'' 5. ''Epilogue'' – Job's restoration (chapters 42:9-17). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Book of Job」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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