The BEMA Podcast

63: Job — Perspective

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Feb 22, 2018
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INSIGHT

Job as a Drama

  • Job is a drama, likely based on a true story.
  • It's meant to be read like a play with assigned parts.
ANECDOTE

Midrashic Anecdotes

  • The Midrash suggests Job's wife was Dinah from Genesis, explaining her negativity.
  • It also claims Job was one of the magicians in Pharaoh's story.
INSIGHT

Sitting Shiva

  • Job's friends practice "sitting Shiva," a Jewish tradition of silent presence during grief.
  • They initially do this correctly but then fail miserably.
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