The Book of Job in a Near Eastern Context

from Oldest Stories · host James Bleckley

Today we go on a wide ranging survey of the Near Eastern predecessors to the Book of Job, including the biblical books that also speak to the same themes, before looking through the Book of Job to see a fairly unique answer to the question of why do good things happen to bad people. The first Oldest Stories book, covering Sumer and Akkad, is available for purchase: https://a.co/d/64mxp6w

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