[July 2006 journal entry]
Remember the ‘whose hand is afflicting Job’ back-and-forth between ‘God’ and the Accuser in the prologue? The ‘scrapheap’ Job reveals his conclusion about this dispute in his wish that ‘God’ would “let loose his hand” (RSV). I wonder how Job’s wife hears this prayer. Perhaps as -- “He’s coming around to my view of this mess?” Does she now empathize with him? Does she hear his prayer as an accusation against ‘God’?
Remember the ‘whose hand is afflicting Job’ back-and-forth between ‘God’ and the Accuser in the prologue? The ‘scrapheap’ Job reveals his conclusion about this dispute in his wish that ‘God’ would “let loose his hand” (RSV). I wonder how Job’s wife hears this prayer. Perhaps as -- “He’s coming around to my view of this mess?” Does she now empathize with him? Does she hear his prayer as an accusation against ‘God’?
