Comparing Prometheus Bound And The Book Of Job

Rowlandson frequently alludes to the book of Job- drawing a parallel between herself and the perfect Christian martyr. By describing her captors in association with Hell, she casts them as, not only, enemies of the Puritans, but enemies of God as well. Rowlandson does suffer the wrath of her mistress; however, she is met with much kindness from other Natives. For example, she is even given a Bible by one of her “savage” captors (Rowlandson 263). She is offered food by many other Natives (Rowlandson 269).

The heart of the Old Testament second edition is a book written by Ronald Youngblood. Robert Youngblood wrote this book with a goal of showing people that the Old Testament is not any different from the New Testament, and should not be treated as a separate entity. In the book, Youngblood identifies the nine themes that form the pillar of the Old Testament. He then discusses these nine themes of the Old Testaments with supporting scriptures from the New Testament. The nine themes include monotheism, covenant, law, sovereignty, theocracy, sacrifice, election, redemption and faith (Youngblood, 1998).

The Myth of Prometheus follows a conflict between Zeus, who is selfish, and does not want to gift fire to the people because it would give them a better chance of becoming as powerful as Gods, and Prometheus, who sees the value of all of the learning and growth fire could inspire for the people. He understood that assisting others could be beneficial, and as a god it did not always need to be about remaining so superior to mortals. In the end Prometheus gives the people fire, and sees the great benefit it has for them. “It was not long until they learned to cook their food and so to eat like men instead of like beasts. They began at once to leave off their wild and savage habits; … and were glad because life had been given to them.”

The Book of Job and Oedipus Rex both begin

Heracles was son of of Zeus god of thunder & ruler of the gods and princess Alcmene Heracles was born into a noble family because his mom princess Alcmene was granddaughter of Perseus & Andromeda. Zeus all ready had a wife Hera goddess of olympia, hera was very jelly (jealous) of Zeus making love with Alcmene. So in anger she sent two spotted serpents to come and kill Heracles ,who was in the cradle at that time. Heracles was found holding two dead serpents in his hand laughing he killed them by his very strong body. Heracles was very powerful, maybe too powerful which often got him into trouble .

Job owns seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yokes of oxen, three daughters, seven sons, and a wife-in short, prosperity. In addition, he is a respectful and religious man who worships God and lives a chaste life. However, God chooses to test Job and sets a list of punishments for him, who undergoes these challenges throughout the book of Job. There is a certain contradiction in a deity that punishes those who obey, and the story emphasizes the omniscience of God’s unique role in Job’s life. God’s seemingly capricious nature demonstrates the usage of power by an omnipotent figure, in terms of beneficence, retributive justice, and exploitation.

Zeus was not satisfied by punishing mankind. He desired to punish the one who had introduced fire to humans, Prometheus. He sent his servants, Force and Violence, to capture Prometheus and take him to the Caucasus Mountains where he was tied with unbreakable chains. In addition, Zeus sent an eagle to bite Prometheus's liver every day for eternity. Since Prometheus had the ability to see the future, Zeus gave him an opportunity to gain his freedom.

He didn't hesitate to rebuke Job's friends (Job 42:7-9). All we know of God's treatment of Job's wife is he blessed her after the whole issaue was over. She shared in the doubling of their wealth (Job 42:10). She had the “privilege” of giving birth to ten more children, whom the Scriptures said were the most beautiful in all of the land (Job 42:12-15).

Though Prometheus was against the tyrant, they were eventually reconciled. In Aeschylus’ trilogy, Prometheus Bound, Prometheus is portrayed as the benefactor of mankind since he had greatly contributed to the creation of their culture. In Protagoras, one of Plato’s dialogues, Prometheus “stole the mechanical arts of Hephaestus and Athene, and fire with them . . . and gave them to man . . . Prometheus is said to have been afterwards prosecuted for theft, owing to the blunder of

In Dante’s inferno God created hell to punish sin. The lower the level; the more serious the sin. The lowest sin houses traitors but even below that the devil resides with the three greatest sinners in human history Judas, Brutus, and Cassius. One who betrays his benefactor comes closest to betraying God directly; which all three of these men did.

Job 2:1-6 describes God’s pointing out to Satan that Job “still holds his integrity” despite all that had happened to him. Satan responded by claiming that if God would afflict Job’s body

As George Aichele argues in his article, “heroes repeatedly draw upon such a linear teleology, but it also challenges and disrupts it, opening up multiple historical and narrative paths and suggesting that people can switch between them or even (at least if they are heroes) redirect them.” In terms of Prometheus, the poet Aeschylus outlines the various ages of man and how Prometheus brought about a new age for man that involved art through the introduction of fire. This changed the future of humanity because the world was in a frozen state and bringing about something new prevented things from staying still. An article published in The Humanistic Psychologist describes this as an uncivilized world transforming into something civilized. This is a large part of Prometheus viewing himself as a hero to man, because while Zeus was not willing to cross the threshold, Prometheus was, and through that, humanity was entrusted with freedom and power themselves.

Mary Shelley subtitled her novel The Modern Prometheus, this suggesting a strong connection with the ancient Promethean myths. The Prometheus appears in Greek myth as a divine being, he is the creator of mankind. He stole fire from heaven when they were denied it by Zeus, and to have been punished by being fastened to a cliff in the Caucasus where an eagle tore daily at his liver. Frankenstein shared many similarities with Prometheus. In Frankenstein, Victor played the role of the modern Prometheus.

It is a story meant to explain why if God is just that we experience suffering. The story of Job takes place in the Land of Uz, which is outside of the land of Israel. Due to Job’s comfortable living standards, it is inferable that the Book was approximately in a time when the ancient Israelites were living in an independent kingdom and had not been invaded by the Romans yet. The story is meant to teach us in God’s just world, there is suffering that we cannot understand that is part of some universal system. The idea of Satan is introduced and what purpose he serves in God’s practice of justice.

There is no perception of a real loving relationship between Job and his wife who is relegated to be a nameless womb. Her name was never revealed and yet she may be one of the most famous or infamous woman in the Bible. Augustine labeled her "the devil's accomplice. " Calvin called her "a diabolical fury."