Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
#Book of Job #Job #Wife of Job #Old Testament #Bible #Bible Study #Bless #Curse
Was she a villainess or a heroine? It is one of those questions theologians, Hebrew scholars, and Bible commentators have lined up for on both sides.
When I first taught the book of Job, I was squarely on one side of this question. But, over the years, learning Hebrew, reading a wider selection of scholarly works, my positioned has been changed, and I share all that research in this twenty minute talk.
As an aside, the week I was to prepare this multimedia presentation, I also experienced a string of unfortunate incidents. The recording of the talk has noise issues I had to dampen, my computer then had a sudden and catastrophic event–probably the hard drive, it is still in the shop. My files, which I had arranged to be protected in the cloud, have continued to be unavailable, with the cloud providers servers down. My husband and I both drove a significant distance, two days in a row, to receive the first of our COVID vaccinations and I had an adverse reaction.
None of these things compare with the ordeal Job and his wife endured. However, there are echoes there, for me, and each of the lessons I saw in their story are truths I found I needed to immediately apply to my own life of faith. All of a sudden, Job’s wife was becoming a personal friend.
May it be you gain as much as I did from her story!
I Blessings and Bitter Blows, Job 1
Earthly ordeals can have heavenly purposes
II Blaspheme and Berate? Job 2
Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer (Romans 12:12)
III Beseech and Embolden? Job 2
Draw near to God and God will draw near to you (James 4:8)
IV Rebirth, Job 40-42
Mature faith is found in intimacy with God
To see the YouTube presentation, click "Wife of Job" (youtu.be/DlOOQU0eQps)
Brought to you by Grace and Peace Joanne, LLC
Grace and Peace Joanne on YouTube (youtube.com/@GraceandPeaceJoanne)
Each podcast is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.
Grace and Peace, Joanne Website (graceandpeacejoanne.com/)
Biblical exegesis from an equalitarian point of view
Books by Joanne
"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
Forty Freebies
If you would like a set of forty Bible studies on Women in the Bible, complete with fifteen study questions, commentary, a bibliograp...
#Book of Job #Job #Wife of Job #Old Testament #Bible #Bible Study #Bless #Curse
Was she a villainess or a heroine? It is one of those questions theologians, Hebrew scholars, and Bible commentators have lined up for on both sides.
When I first taught the book of Job, I was squarely on one side of this question. But, over the years, learning Hebrew, reading a wider selection of scholarly works, my positioned has been changed, and I share all that research in this twenty minute talk.
As an aside, the week I was to prepare this multimedia presentation, I also experienced a string of unfortunate incidents. The recording of the talk has noise issues I had to dampen, my computer then had a sudden and catastrophic event–probably the hard drive, it is still in the shop. My files, which I had arranged to be protected in the cloud, have continued to be unavailable, with the cloud providers servers down. My husband and I both drove a significant distance, two days in a row, to receive the first of our COVID vaccinations and I had an adverse reaction.
None of these things compare with the ordeal Job and his wife endured. However, there are echoes there, for me, and each of the lessons I saw in their story are truths I found I needed to immediately apply to my own life of faith. All of a sudden, Job’s wife was becoming a personal friend.
May it be you gain as much as I did from her story!
I Blessings and Bitter Blows, Job 1
Earthly ordeals can have heavenly purposes
II Blaspheme and Berate? Job 2
Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer (Romans 12:12)
III Beseech and Embolden? Job 2
Draw near to God and God will draw near to you (James 4:8)
IV Rebirth, Job 40-42
Mature faith is found in intimacy with God
To see the YouTube presentation, click "Wife of Job" (youtu.be/DlOOQU0eQps)
Brought to you by Grace and Peace Joanne, LLC
Grace and Peace Joanne on YouTube (youtube.com/@GraceandPeaceJoanne)
Each podcast is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.
Grace and Peace, Joanne Website (graceandpeacejoanne.com/)
Biblical exegesis from an equalitarian point of view
Books by Joanne
"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
Forty Freebies
If you would like a set of forty Bible studies on Women in the Bible, complete with fifteen study questions, commentary, a bibliograp...
