16. The Book of Job on The Problem of Evil

In this episode we unpack "The Book of Job" from The Old Testament of the Bible This book explores... -Why God allows bad things to happen to innocent people -Why surrender is sometimes the only answer to that which is out of our control -Why pondering the cosmos helps put our personal suffering into perspective Links to Reading and other Books mentioned The King James Bible The Wisdom Books by Robert Alter The Art of Biblical Poetry by Robert Alter Answer to Job by Carl Jung The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick (film) **note** reading is not required to enjoy the episode! Host: Zach Stehura    UnpackingIdeas.com Guest: Lee Posna  [email protected]  Theme Music: Polyenso   listen here Timestamps (00:01:22) Introducing Job (00:03:59) Author/Date/Translation (00:09:45) Summary of Job Story (00:17:10) Loyalty to God (00:22:55) "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, naked shall I return tither." (00:26:19) Job's wife's skepticism (00:27:55) Victim Blaming (Job's friends) (00:36:39) God's response to Job (00:42:40) Acceptance/Surrender to fate (00:46:20) Carl Jung's "Answer to Job" (00:53:59) Putting personal suffering into perspective (00:58:43) The Problem of Evil (01:23:28) Summing up