Behind Job's question (“why is light given to one who is in misery?”) is the question of the book of Job (“does Job fear God for no reason?”).
But there is a third question that we also need to keep in mind. Because behind the book of Job's question is the canonical question of Job.
What do I mean by the canonical question of Job? Well, the book of Job does not exist in a vacuum. The book of Job is part of the Bible. The book of Job was inspired by God, and included in the sacred scriptures, as a part of the Wisdom books (with Psalms and Proverbs).
We often think about the Wisdom books in a way that detaches them from their setting in redemptive history.
But while Job is very hard to pin down in terms of his own historical context, it is very easy to see the context of the book of Job.
Because Job is everything that Israel is supposed to be. Job has everything that Israel is supposed to have. And all of this because Job worships the way Israel is supposed to worship...
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