Note to players: Description acceptable. Andrew E. Steinmann describes the cyclical nature of speeches given by these people. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name or describe this group of characters who are called “miserable comforters.” Three of these figures tell a man he, or one of his ancestors, must have sinned before the young Elihu condemns a man who commits to “repent in dust and ashes.”
ANSWER: friends of Job [accept descriptions of Job’s friends or the people who talk to Job; accept Eliphaz AND Bildad AND Zophar; prompt on any single one of their names]
[10e] A person with this relation to Job tells him to “curse God and die” when he’s afflicted with a skin condition. After looking back at Sodom and Gomorrah, a person with this relation to Lot is turned into a pillar of salt.
ANSWER: wife [accept Lot’s wife; accept Job’s wife]
[10m] The Book of Job is often grouped with books like Ecclesiastes under books of this concept. According to one scripture, “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of [this concept].”
ANSWER: wisdom
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