Kathyrn Schifferdecker, Luther Seminary associate professor of Old Testament, talks about the conversation that God has with Job in Job 38.
“These speeches can easily be read as God beating Job down,” said Schifferdecker. She also talks about how the divine speeches can also be seen as a way to view the creation, and humanity’s place within that world.
“God shows all this to Job … to expand his vision, to see the beautiful and wild and ordered world that God has created,” said Schifferdecker.