The Two Testaments
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Job 42 (Job's response and epilogue) [from the archives]
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Job 42 (Job's response and epilogue) [from the archives]

with Carol Newsom

It’s spring break here at Samford University, so we’re re-releasing one of our favorite episodes from our archives. Providing a fittingly profound conclusion to our journey through Job last season, Carol A. Newsom (Candler School of Theology) talked to us about Job’s response and the epilogue in Job 42. We discussed a number of things including:

  • how to understand Job’s enigmatic response to God

  • why the translation of 42:6 in your English Bible is likely wrong

  • God’s surprising approval of Job’s speech

  • how the epilogue fits (or doesn’t) with the rest of the book

  • why readers find it disturbing, Job’s re-embrace of life

  • the significance of Job’s daughters

Relevant Work by Carol Newsom

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Carol Newsom is the author of numerous influential works, including two particularly relevant to our discussion:

This Week’s Blurb

In this episode, Carol Newsom recommends: