In the first major section of the dialogues, Job wrestles with the question of justice. Do we get what we deserve? Are our circumstances always due to our actions? Let's wrestle with that.
Outline:
0:00 Introduction
3:25 Do we get what we deserve?
14:34 Defending Job's friends
18:45 Nuance of Job
21:44 Value of Eliphaz's argument
24:16 Job as a deconstruction
28:38 The work of wisdom
30:00 Do we victim-blame ourselves?
34:37 Asking "why?"
Sources:
https://youtu.be/RxENRH-v0Xk
“A Reader’s Hebrew Bible” - http://tiny.cc/2faytz
“How to read the Bible” by James Kugel, http://tiny.cc/xeaytz
Old Testament Wisdom Literature,” by Bartholomew & O’Dowd, http://tiny.cc/yeaytz
Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible, http://tiny.cc/zeaytz
“Commentary on the Old Testament” by Keil-Delitzsch, http://tiny.cc/0faytz
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