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1 | Oldest Book of the Bible Job? | Job | Christ4LifeAmen | 141709 | ||
Isn't the Book of Job, the oldest Book of the Bible? and if so, what laws did Job obey, since the 10 commadments haven't been given to Moses Yet? thanks..karen | ||||||
2 | Oldest Book of the Bible Job? | Job | greentwiga | 141710 | ||
It is a good question if Job is the oldest, but it does describe conditions similar to Abraham. The mention of an iron tool in 19:24 might mean closer to 1200 BC. Moses lived around 1450 BC. Remember, Noah had some knowledge of God's ways and lived righteously by the laws he knew. Abraham had a more complete revelation around 1800 BC. Some of the laws codefied in Moses were around at the time of Abraham, since we are talking about the same God. The law was much more complete at the time of Moses. Thus Job would have known not to murder, and to worship just the one God, which are two of the ten commandments. From Moses we get two things, a more complete set of laws, and a written codification. What is truly unique to Moses is the covenant with the nation of Israel and the laws aimed specifically at Israel. Abe and Job would not have had the written code to refer to. A search of Job might reveal more laws he knew. Greentwiga |
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3 | Oldest Book of the Bible Job? | Job | EdB | 141748 | ||
Greentwiga I wonder if it is worth considering that God "may" have given Adam the moral laws (last 6 of the 10 commandments) he later gave Moses? Perhaps these were laws imprinted on the conscious of man at creation and through the ages with the ravages of sin man’s awareness of them receded and God at the time of Moses chose to give them in written form. Interestingly with the exception of first 4 Ten Commandments all the rest of the them show up in other cultures albeit more as moral codes rather than divine directives. Even the worship of deity is there since every culture worships something. EdB |
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4 | Oldest Book of the Bible Job? | Job | greentwiga | 141788 | ||
We do know that Adam knew about evil, which had a specific meaning. Noah saw that his generation was condemned for evil, wickedness, corruption and violence.There were some other pieces of information, such as one man one woman marriage, and the man was the head of the house. Noah knew about clean and unclean animals. I am sure one can find more in Genesis. The other cultures that you refer to such as the laws of Hamurabi and laws before him can add to this picture. Greentwiga. |
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5 | Oldest Book of the Bible Job? | Job | EdB | 141793 | ||
Greentwiga You miss the point. The point I raised is how did man acquire this understanding? EdB |
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6 | Oldest Book of the Bible Job? | Job | greentwiga | 141808 | ||
True, I missed that totally. It is easy to just say God and let it go. So much of the law seems something people would develop logically. Thou shalt not murder seems like something that all societies would develop. In Romans, Paul talks about the facets that are obvious for all to see. this indicates that man would acquire some by logic and experience. Greentwiga |
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