Why do good things happen to bad people? Do our actions have an impact on the external and physical world? These are the kinds of questions that have been commonly asked in regards to what it means to endure misfortune in an otherwise seemingly good world. The concept of evil and why we suffer have been interpreted in numerous ways and from various perspectives. Judaism was dealt the complex and contradictory dilemma of trying to reconcile a loving and just God, with the phenomenon of evil and suffering. Why if God is loving and just would he allow us to endure misery? The concept of evil has always been fluid, and had undergone significant transitions in Christianity as it developed off of Judaism. The Christian understanding of evil would become a critical element in the establishment of the dogma of the early modern European witch hunts. The Book of Job, from its Jewish origins to its Christian interpretation was influential in the establishment of the Christian dogma the Witch Hunts for its evaluation of the concept of evil, the relationship between God and Satan, and how our actions influence the natural world and cause our suffering. …show more content…
It is a story meant to explain why if God is just that we experience suffering. The story of Job takes place in the Land of Uz, which is outside of the land of Israel. Due to Job’s comfortable living standards, it is inferable that the Book was approximately in a time when the ancient Israelites were living in an independent kingdom and had not been invaded by the Romans yet. The story is meant to teach us in God’s just world, there is suffering that we cannot understand that is part of some universal system. The idea of Satan is introduced and what purpose he serves in God’s practice of justice. Job’s prosperity and suffering introduce this notion that the actions of humans have an effect on natural world around