All posts tagged: Job

questions with no answers – a reflection on Job 23:1-9, 16-17

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Job / Lectionary / Old Testament / Religion / Wisdom Literature / Year B

The following is a reflection on Job 23:1-9, 16-17, the Hebrew Bible lesson appointed for Proper 23B, according to the Revised Common Lectionary. By the time we get to the twenty-third chapter of Job, a lot of water has gone under the bridge. The broken, but altogether devout, man we left in the early narrative section has met his prosperity-gospel friends. They’ve tried to convince him that God is just, and therefore his own egregious […]

everyman – a reflection on Job 1:1; 2:1-10

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Lectionary / Religion / Wisdom Literature / Year B

The following is a reflection on Job 1:1; 2:1-10, the Hebrew Bible Lesson appointed for Proper 22B, according to the Revised Common Lectionary. There once was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. Job opens with a certain “once upon a time” quality to it, in a make-believe land that no one has ever heard of. In this half verse Job is introduced as “everyman.” Attached to no time and to […]