Tag: Job 42
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Reflecting on Job 42 1-6, 10-17
Is the ending of the book of Job “a happy ending,” do we think? Or is it … something else? Why do we say this? That is, what do we mean by “a happy ending,” or even, by “happiness”? This might be one of the questions we’re moved to ask about the ending of the…
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Studying Job 42 (1-6, 10-17)
We are finishing up our peek into the book of Job, and also our quarter on Biblical perspectives on justice, with a look at the finale, or perhaps the epilogue, of the book: Job’s last word on the subject, and the “restoration of Job’s fortunes.” We are studying Job 42 (selected verses 1-6 and 10-17)…
Matters of Interpretation 