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A review by frxnkrivera
The Book of Job by Stephen Mitchell
5.0
i decided to read this book during the winter storm as a reminder of faith and boy am i glad i did! i think the lessons from Job are some of the hardest in the whole Bible: we don't know the whole picture, it's impossibly large in scale, and there's no way of fully knowing "why" things happen. i feel like the first time i read Job (around a year ago), a lot of it went over my head and i didn't understand the full scale of the story.
i also love Job because i think there are a lot of details within that hint towards the meaning of the universe and why and how we are here at all. also, i feel that i think about the idea of "infinite complexity" rather often and in doing so reduce its meaning. Job was a huge reminder that we can't even scratch the surface of understanding what all is out there and how it all works (as a scientist, this is very humbling). it is a truly beautiful book, one whose power remains each time you read it, and i can easily see why they call this book "wisdom literature".
i also love Job because i think there are a lot of details within that hint towards the meaning of the universe and why and how we are here at all. also, i feel that i think about the idea of "infinite complexity" rather often and in doing so reduce its meaning. Job was a huge reminder that we can't even scratch the surface of understanding what all is out there and how it all works (as a scientist, this is very humbling). it is a truly beautiful book, one whose power remains each time you read it, and i can easily see why they call this book "wisdom literature".