From 9a507a092dd165a6dbf1655f0ad824605f7027ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:23:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- writing/3/unknown-things/iyov/1-framing-devices.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/writing/3/unknown-things/iyov/1-framing-devices.md b/writing/3/unknown-things/iyov/1-framing-devices.md index 33edf364..b380360b 100644 --- a/writing/3/unknown-things/iyov/1-framing-devices.md +++ b/writing/3/unknown-things/iyov/1-framing-devices.md @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ But one must wonder just how much longer that desire to call God to account must [^1die]: There is a difference in interpretation, here. On the one hand, Alter suggests that Job's wife is being sardonic here, saying, "Job's wife assumes either that cursing God will immediately lead to Job's death, which might be just as well, or that, given his ghastly state, he will soon die anyway" \parencite[469]{alter}. Might as well curse anyway, eh? - The editors of the NOAB take a more sympathetic view of the exchange. Job's wife is seen as far more sympathetic: "The outcome of all Job's piety has beento rob his wife of her ten children, her social standing, and her livelihood." \parencite[737]{noab} Curse God, then. Who else could be responsible? How can you continue to praise after our ten (admittedly unnamed) children have died? + The editors of the NOAB take a more sympathetic view of the exchange. Job's wife is seen as far more sympathetic: "The outcome of all Job's piety has been to rob his wife of her ten children, her social standing, and her livelihood." \parencite[737]{noab} Curse God, then. Who else could be responsible? How can you continue to praise after our ten (admittedly unnamed) children have died? [^1conversations]: Which will no doubt take up the majority of this essay.