
Ep 59 - The Book of Job (Reading the Bible as Great Literature)
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The Wisdom of the Leviathan
The book of Job ends with our central protagonist being restored to a state of good fortune. The Lord chastises his friends, his vain comforters who dispensed words without wisdom and sees that Job once again has a large family. And Job we're told lives to the ripe old age of 140. But in a metaphorical sense there has been a returning to the womb, a journey to hell and back. It may still seem unfair, but the high core of heaven has enacted its justice.
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