Job's Encounter

18th century accept Almighty ancient answer Answer to Job Archibald MacLeish asks attitude author of Job aware become behave behavior Behold believe Bible Bible scholars Biblical criticism Bildad Blaise Pascal Book of Job bring cause and effect Chapter comfort continues creature death deeds deity divine drama earth Elihu Eliphaz evil existence experience expressed face fate feeling God's guilt happened happy heaven human Ibid ideas individual insights Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jefferson Job's friends Judaism Jung justice kind knowledge literary live Lord MacLeish man's mercy modern mystery nature pain Pascal permit philosophical play problem prophets punishment questions reader relationship religion religious repent response reward righteous Rousseau Sarah Satan Sigmund Freud sins society speak story suffering surely Talmud tell theodicy theological things thinking thou tion turn understand Voltaire Western World wicked wonder words writer wrong Yahweh Zophar Zuss