For the five or six of us still remaining

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

Job moves me

Job is interesting. If you take it literally -- as many traditions do -- the idea of Satan and God haggling over your person should be downright terrifying.

But it's interesting because it's the only time we see a dialogue between God and Satan. And the dialogue poses all sorts of theological questions. Fascinating book.

[MikeWaters]

Job really was a real person. Because he was mentioned in D&C.

Apparently the idea of God comparing Joseph Smith's suffering to a fictional character leaves some people in the cold, so Job has to be real for that reason.

Leviticus pretty much bites.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Job really was a real person. Because he was mentioned in D&C.

Apparently the idea of God comparing Joseph Smith's suffering to a fictional character leaves some people in the cold, so Job has to be real for that reason.

Leviticus pretty much bites.

I don't know about "has" to, but it certainly makes the most sense.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by Tex

I don't know about "has" to, but it certainly makes the most sense.

Like most early recorded literature, I imagine the Job narrative is rooted in an oral tradition that is rooted in an actual event.

[Mormon Red Death]

For a time on my mission (Brazil) I would sign my letters with the scripture reference

Proverbs 25:35

to save anyone's time who is reading it is the following

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

[Sleeping in EQ]

Originally Posted by Tex

I don't know about "has" to, but it certainly makes the most sense.

Tex, if you'd add "to me" on the end of that sentence, I'd have no problem with it.

For me, obsessing about whether Job was a real person or not, is walking down the wrong road. The truth is found in the message.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

For me, obsessing about whether Job was a real person or not, is walking down the wrong road. The truth is found in the message.

It'd be nice if we could apply that lesson elsewhere, like say, to what specifically changed in successive copies of the Book of Mormon. Or what exactly Joseph Smith's relationship was with Fanny Alger.

[Sleeping in EQ]

Originally Posted by Tex

It'd be nice if we could apply that lesson elsewhere, like say, to what specifically changed in successive copies of the Book of Mormon. Or what exactly Joseph Smith's relationship was with Fanny Alger.

Those aren't the same "lesson" at all. One can learn alot from, say, Skousen's critical text of the BoM, or from studying JS Jr.'s life.