Godulike An irreverent look at the faith industry Buy Godulike Stuff at Shopulike    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Vedic (or other Eastern) imagery in the Book of Job?          Godulike Forum Index -> Faith-Without-Fear View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message seattlegal But all I see is a reflection. Joined: 13 Feb 2024 Posts: 2023 Location: fishing in muddy waters Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2023 2:49 pm    Post subject: Vedic (or other Eastern) imagery in the Book of Job? The book of Job begins: Job 1 1-3 wrote: 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. 2 And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3 Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East. Job was from the East. I had always thought of the Book Of Job as having a higly Zoroastrian element to it, because in this book Satan is actually personified and speaking to God, much like the dualistic pair of Ahura Mazda and Ahriman of Zoroastrianism. However, when I made a reference to leviathan from Job 41 as a parallel to "The Shadow" of the Unconscious mind, a Hindu made a connection between leviathan and makara of Hindu mythology. Since Job was "from the East," I'm wondering just how much imagery parallel to Hinduism it contains. Anyone interested in exploring this? _________________ Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. -Carl Gustav Jung Back to top Anonymous Guest Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2023 4:13 am    Post subject: Nope Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         Godulike Forum Index -> Faith-Without-Fear All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Godulike discussion----------------Open MindsPollsRantsFaith-Without-FearFaithless-Without-FearLight My Fire  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group