The Transgression of the Numinous in the Book of Job

The Numinous seems to be transgressive in an important way. It takes us into the heart of the very thing that the Girtzian model of sacredness was supposed to homeless against, which is experiences that border on horror. In fact, one way of interpreting what's going on in the book of Job is a contrast between some of Job's moral arguments about his suffering and God's response are to present his glory. And so you're seeing a conflict between these different aspects of holiness and Job.