SO, WHAT WAS JOB LIKE as a father? Would he have been voted the “Father of the Year?” Well, considering his children were all killed in the first chapter of the book, and his wife—after her less-than-encouraging “Curse God and die” advice—is strangely silent throughout, we have very little to go on. What We Do…
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So Many Questions, So Little Time
THE SUBJECTS COVERED in the book of Job—possibly the oldest book in the Bible—range from the intimate to the expansive, from human emotion to celestial cosmology, from the psychological effects of physical pain to the question of delayed justice and retribution. As you read it, you will notice that themes tend to repeat throughout, with…