‘Job’s raging against God is naive and wild. But it is honest and personal’ Photo: Job’s Tormentors, William Blake, c1785-90
‘Despite all that silence Bildad doesn’t seem to have done much listening.’
Inside Job: Joseph Jones’ thought for the week
by Joseph Jones
21st February 2020
According to Wikipedia, there are at least three countries that claim to host the tomb of the Old Testament character Job. Being buried multiple times might seem fitting for the author of a book about why bad things happen to good people, but it also speaks to his influence among each of the Abrahamic faiths – and well beyond.
