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How to read
Job
as a
Christian
Saturday
18 February
2012
The Book of Job describes the travails
of a man of
the ancient
near East,
who measures
his wealth
in
livestock,
and who
probably was
not even an
Israelite.
He receives
the most
effusive
praise
offered any
character in
the Old
Testament,
and then his
life is
upturned
through
unparalleled
devastation.
That
livestock is
lost, along
with
everything
else Job
holds dear,
including
his
comforting
image of
God’s
benevolence.
How can
modern
Christians
read and
relate to
this book so
foreign in
its setting
and so
distant from
our
experience
in the
superlative
suffering it
describes?
More than
that, how
can we
relate to a
man who
rails
against God
in the midst
of his
affliction,
who accuses
and
chastises
him? Is Job
an example
to follow or
to avoid?
This morning
grapples
with these
questions as
we take a
closer look
at Job’s
wrestling
match with
God.
Dr Will
Kynes has
recently
completed a
doctoral
thesis on
allusions to
the Psalms
in the Book
of Job at
the
University
of Cambridge
and is now
Liddon
Research
Fellow and
Tutor of
Theology at
Keble
College,
Oxford .
Tutor:
Dr Will
Kynes, Tutor
in Theology,
Keble
College,
Oxford
Venue:
The Chapter
House Crypt,
St Albans
Cathedral
Date:
Saturday 18
February
2012
Time:
10.30 am to
1.00
pm
Cost:
£12 (including morning coffee
& biscuits)
For
directions
to St
Albans
Cathedral
please
follow this
link.
For Satnav
use post
code AL1
1BY.
You can
book for
this course
using the
Spring Term
2012 programme
leaflet which is
available
here.
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