Elihu, the fifth wheel, the young upstart, the babbler—he has been caricatured as all of these. He has even been called a disguise for Satan. Many...
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It should not surprise us to realize that what we claim to know about God may very well turn out to be wrong. Coming to terms with the realization...
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Probably not as strange as it may initially seem, but comedians are the actors who most frequently play the part of God: George Burns, John Cleese,...
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The book of Job had never triggered this question for me before, but all of a sudden it came to me as I was working on this commentary: Where are the...
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Wise Man Talking
Talk about absurdity, that painful presence of meaninglessness! We bump into it everywhere. This morning, as I ran around Hamburg’s...
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The concrete subtleties of Hebrew narrative can easily elude readers versed in theological talking points and religious "viewiness" (to quote...
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I remember the first time I was struck with the question formulated by this lesson’s title: “Does Job Fear God for Nought?” In other words, does...
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Theodicy, or the justification of God in the face of evil, is a presumptuous undertaking. Why should deity necessarily be the epitome of all that is...
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There is only one serious reason for not being a Biblical monotheist. This is an inability to integrate, theoretically and practically, the idea of a...
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