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1. The standard view of Job is that Job is pious and defers to God's wisdom in the problem of evil. What is a better description?

Job finally admits that he is the source of the evil in his life, just as the writer of Proverbs would have said.
Job asks questions of God and finally is satisfied with God's answers since he is pious.
Job blames the problem of evil on the Satan, the "evil one," so God is not responsible.
Job argues with God and raises the surprising question of whether God is just.

2. How were Simon and Garfunkel influenced by wisdom literature in their song "Slip Slidin' Away"?

They take the stance of Ecclesiastes and suggest we cannot know God's plan--"the information's unavailable to the mortal man."
They were influenced by the book of Job and suggested we should argue with God.
Taking the stance of Asharite school of Islam, they sing that whatever occurs has to occur since it is God's will.
Since God is All-Good, God cannot be the source of evil.

3. This word names the search for why a good, powerful, and all-knowing God permits evil.

empiricism
rationalism
theodicy
theology

4. How is the Covid-19 pandemic changing the relationship of religion and science in popular culture?

The Joker has become a metaphor for the unpredictable nature of the relationship of the two.
Religion and science are seen even more as competitors in terms of which is true.
Popular culture has been dominated by conversations of whether science is replacing religion as our best hope for living through the pandemic.
It challenges both in terms of either successfully reaching the truth so that the question of which is true is less pressing.

5. The principal difference between Wisdom literature such as Job and Ecclesiastes and other scripture is that:

Wisdom books are atheistic, believing there can be no good, given the reality of evil
Wisdom books make no reference to God's actions in history or promises of covenant relationship.
Wisdom books refer to Moses and the prophers but other books do not.
Wisdom literature is Christian where the Law and the propherts are Jewish.

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