Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The ‘scrapheap’ Job -- #75

[August 2000 journal entry]

What does the ‘scrapheap’ Job’s offering a sacrifice (in the epilogue) for his three close friends suggest for how his post-tragedy reentry should be imagined/portrayed? Is there any reason to interpret the story/play to suggest that others than the three close friends should be thought of as hearing or knowing Job’s remarks from the ‘scrapheap’? Is there any reason to interpret the story/play to suggest that anyone other than the three close friends knows of the sacrifice in their behalf? Is the sacrifice in the epilogue suggesting that the ‘scrapheap’ Job is endorsing the ‘P’(riestly) perception of ‘God’?