Positivist God and reformed half-nihilist Satan: Examining the research dimension of the story of Job

Abstract

This study examined the research dimension of the story of Job in the Bible on the premise that it derived from a scientific inquiry. The story portrays Job as an upright man who suffered misfortune through no fault of his; struggled to maintain his integrity throughout his suffering and finally restored beyond his former state. This study, thus, delineated the research features of the story of Job and discussed implications for theory, practice and teaching of research methods. This was a documentary research which employed document analysis to analyze and interpret selected texts with scholarly arguments and reported from an educational researcher’s perspective and contextualization within the research paradigms of modern era. The study revealed sixteen (16) salient features that confirm the story derived from an inquiry; an A-B-A-B Single-n design; God’s positivist research perspective and the hint from the conclusion that Satan is a reformed half-nihilist.