THE BOOK OF JOB. BY ROBERT A. WATSON, D.D., AUTHOR OF "JUDGES AND RUTH," "GOSPELS OF YESTERDAY," ETC. NEW YORK FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY LAFAYETTE PLACE 1900 CONTENTS. _PROLOGUE._ I. PAGE THE AUTHOR AND HIS WORK 3 II. THE OPENING SCENE ON EARTH 19 III. THE OPENING SCENE IN HEAVEN 33 IV. THE SHADOW OF GOD'S HAND 50 V. THE DILEMMA OF FAITH 67 _THE FIRST COLLOQUY._ VI. THE CRY FROM THE DEPTH 85 VII. THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEEN 99 VIII. MEN FALSE: GOD OVERBEARING 116 IX. VENTURESOME THEOLOGY 135 X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN 141 XI. A FRESH ATTEMPT TO CONVICT 154 XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD 162 _THE SECOND COLLOQUY._ XIII. THE TRADITION OF A PURE RACE 187 XIV. "MY WITNESS IN HEAVEN" 201 XV. A SCHEME OF WORLD-RULE 215 XVI. "MY REDEEMER LIVETH" 222 XVII. IGNORANT CRITICISM OF LIFE 243 XVIII. ARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD EQUAL? 253 _THE THIRD COLLOQUY._ XIX. DOGMATIC AND MORAL ERROR 269 XX. WHERE IS ELOAH? 281 XXI. THE DOMINION AND THE BRIGHTNESS 298 XXII. THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS 302 XXIII. CHORAL INTERLUDE 313 XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING 320 _ELIHU INTERVENES._ XXV. POST-EXILIC WISDOM 341 XXVI. THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE 361