Perspective view of impermanent life in Bible

Abstract

Impermanent life is a fundamental concept emphasized by all the ethical texts in Tamil. The word is only a transit point for humans, not a permanent habitat life after death is determined in proportion to how we live as human beings with human dignity without harming other living beings. This can be seen both in Tamil literature and Bible. Tamil ethical texts emphasize that all three aspects, the human body, wealth, and adolescence of temporal life in the Bible. The main purpose of this research is to examine the concepts of the temporal life as expressed in the Book of Job in Bible. This research seeks to prove the concepts of temporal life as embodies therein. It is based on the book of Job. Its secondary data includes book-related studies as well as articles and research articles. This research has been carried out by means of research methodologies such as descriptive methodology and analytical methodology. Particularly, the analytical methodology has been used to bring out the hidden concepts in the book of Job and descriptive methodology to illustrate the concepts of temporal life in the book of Job. It is possible to identify the universal concepts of temporal life and enabling those embodied in the book of Job to come to light through these studies. These types of studies promote a comparative study of the Bible and different literary traditions and providing guidance towards learning and studying the concepts related to the book of Job.