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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
What’s one book if everyone read and understood the same way you do, the world would significantly improve?
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Agost Biro
@agostbiro
The Book of Job
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Paul Berens
@pmb
I love this. The best answer to the question of theodicy.
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Agost Biro
@agostbiro
My reading is somewhat different. In my reading, Job’s concept of God, the arguments and his interpretation of events are entirely made up in his own mind. He causes his own suffering and he comes to realize this in the end. The truth then sets him free.
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Agost Biro
@agostbiro
This interpretation is supported by the original Hebrew text, but not by the canonical Christian translation that was censored/mistranslated. I recommend Stephen Mitchell’s version for a good modern English translation of the Hebrew.
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Adam
@adam-
The best adaptation of Job, which highlights this interpretation:
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tldr (anon on main)
@tldr
Very interesting interpretation — haven’t heard this before. How do you think it relates to that somewhat comical part at the end where everything is restored to Job… but it’s a different set of wife and children
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