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'The Book Of Job' By Stephen Mitchell

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Before reading The Book of Job, as translated by Stephen Mitchell, I had no prior experience reading this in the bible. After reading this story, the theme of the story stood out to me as a man’s test of faith. Throughout the story, Job is presented with obstacles to his faith in a God figure, by a figure of Satan. Satan proposes to God that Job will lose faith in him if his circumstances are altered in a negative way. The first obstacle Satan presents is taking away the worldly possessions that Jobs loves. Satan unleashes a force that kills Job’s children, servants, and destroys his home. Job does not falter his belief in god because of these tragedies. Satan again tries to challenge Job’s faith in god, by giving him physical aliments. Job’s
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