The Book of Job or Ecclesiastes

Description

Answer one of the following questions including quotes and well-thought put points to justify your answer:

  1. Does the Book of Job support or challenge faith (the problem of theodicy)? Explain why.
  2. Does Job find an answer to his suffering? What does he learn from these experiences? Do you think this knowledge is relevant? Explain why.
  3. What are the similarities and/or differences between the test of Abraham and the one of Job? Which is more difficult in your view? Why?
  4. What is the meaning of life according to Ecclesiastes? What insight would you take from this book?