Keywords
Job, Bible studies, Mormon studies, LDS reading
Abstract
In response to questions arising within God, Job, described as blameless and upright, is thrust from idyllic circumstances into a dark realm of bitter experience. Three “ friends” unwittingly press Satan’s case, attempting to convince Job to admit guilt. Job, however, holds on, searching for God’s face and progressing toward a transformed understanding of God and man, which is brought to strongest expression in four great revelatory insights received by Job. Finally, Job commits himself to God and man with self-imprecating oaths. After withstanding a final challenge from Elihu/Satan, Job speaks with God at the veil and enters God’s presence. Many points of contact with the temple support the thesis that the book of Job is a literary analogue of the endowment ritual.
Recommended Citation
Stirling, Mack C.
(2014)
"Job: An LDS Reading,"
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Vol. 12, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/interpreter/vol12/iss1/10
