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At best guess, there are no two more hotly contested, more thoroughly discussed books in the Christian bible than those of Job and Revelation.[^1revelation]
All stories are perforce interpolations within real events, or at least the initial imaginings of fictional events. The story is not written the events happen. All stories, all conversations. They all occur at least at one layer of remove and at least a fraction of a second too late.
Stories are as bound to time as we are, and all we can do is steal back a little bit of memory through however many words. All we can do with these memories pinned in place is regard them from a second level of distance and make guesses. Guesses as to meaning, guesses as to content, guesses as to the context in which those memories might have led to their origin.
At a guess, there is no book in the Bible buried deeper under layers of guesses than Job.[^1revelation]
Perhaps it is the dire nature by which both approach the world. Job takes a look at the world, heaves a weary sigh, and says, "I suppose this is it. This is the lot we have been given in life." While Revelation looks at the world and growls deep in its through, a sound coming from the belly, and says, "This must not be it. This cannot be the ways in which the world works."[^1works]
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So far, however, we have just looked at the framing device. Happily-ever-afters are for folktales, yes, but our folktale occupies only 1/14th of the book itself. What remains is the denser part and, should we see change in Job, it is perhaps here that we will.
[^1revelation]: Revelation is unimportant to this discussion, anyway. There is much that falls out of its existence that I care very much about, of course. I care about the way it is used, and while I will be discussing the way that Job is used, I also care about the text, which is not something I can say about Revelation.
[^1revelation]: Revelation might take the cake within Christianity, but is unimportant to this discussion. There is much that falls out of its existence that I care very much about, of course. I care about the way it is used, and while I will be discussing the way that Job is used, I also care about the text, which is not something I can say about Revelation.
[^1fonddeath]: And while I am (quite obviously) not yet fond of death, I can appreciate the fact that one has at least known it.