Is Job historical? by Brian Schroeder
May 27, 2021
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Date(s) - 27/05/2021
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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“Is Job historical?” by Brian Schroeder
When: 7 pm, Thursday, the 27th May 2021 (Adelaide time)
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The book of Job in the Bible is one that has resonated with people for thousands of years. It confronts one of the enduring questions that continues to plague mankind: Why do the righteous suffer?
Elihu contradicts Job and his friends (Job 32). Wood engraving, published in 1886.
But how should we view this book? Is it a philosophical/theological treatise? Is it one man’s struggle in written form to come to grips with the question? Is it the work of many people over a period of centuries? Or is it the story and experience of a real human being struggling first-hand with major catastrophes in his own life?
Brian Schroeder
Brian Schroeder will look at these questions, along with the historical setting against which this story is set.
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