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The limerick in the titles of the Job posts?

There once was a man from Uz

who thought that his life was a snooze

"Satan", quoth the LORD

"You seem rather bored

I've a man you might like to abuse."

A big thank you to my wife for coming up with this clever poem.  She actually came up with two.

There once was a man from Uz

who thought that his life was a snooze

Then God killed his brood

and ruined his mood

Yet he had so much much more to lose 

Anyone else care to take a shot at it?

Book of Job 8-15 - Who thought that his life was a snooze

Job 8-15

More ruminations on life, the world and everything from Job and his drinking buddies.

These conversations reminds me of the Socratic Dialogues from Plato.

Do you think the writing style could have been influenced by the Greeks?  Plato lived around 450 bce, so his influence may have been possible.  What is the origin of this original book?  Could it have been Greek?

Which brings up another question.  If this is a true event, (for those that believe the Bible is 100% real), who  had access to the interactions between God and Satan?  Did God relay this information to the author?  Wouldn't the author have mentioned that he spoke to God?!?!

Awesome line of the day:
13:28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

Book of Job 1-7 There once was a man from Uz

Job 1-7

The famous/infamous fable of Job.  How much shit can one man take?  I find it interesting that he blames himself for his blight.  He just assumes he's sinned against God.

This book brings us the first real appearance of Satan as a character.  We don't learn much about him in these early chapters other then he likes to wander the Earth and show up at Gods morning meetings from time to time.

Satan raises some interesting questions thou.  

1. What relationship does he have with God?  There seems to be no animosity (yet anyway) between them.

2. Did Satan trick God into letting him destroy Job's life?  Their interactions read like a Huck Finn story.

3. Why would God allow this to happen?  He allows Satan to kill Jobs children, slaves and livestock.

It seems God holds life in low esteem to allow these horrible actions to take place.  Has he got a trump card hidden up his sleeve?  Will he make everything right again after this cruel wager?

I do find the chapters rather poetic.  Almost Shakespearian.

Favorite line, One of Jobs friends tells him;

5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

This comes after all of Jobs kids were killed.  whoops!