Job 17-23 - Wherein I admit that I dislike Job, and economics and politics rear their heads...

The readings - Day 157 & 158 - Job 17-23

I'm starting to come to a sort of uncomfortable realization about this book, and the character what gives it its name... I don't know that I even like Job.

The character, that is. The book is actually proving to be quite a bit more interesting than I'd given it credit for. It's also a lot more cerebral and theological than I'd thought as well. Maybe I just hadn't given it enough thought at all.

No matter.

Job.

The man.

He's a bit of a whiner, isn't he?

Num. 11-13 - On oases and annoyances

The readings - Day 47 - Numbers 11-13

Well, it's been a long road, but it's finally happened. Ladies and gentlemen, we have narrative!! (Insert Price is Right or Wheel of Fortune winning music here now...)

And almost immediately we get a sort of sense as to maybe why the day-to-day episodes of Israel were less important than precisely where they set up their tents in camp.

Long story short: they're still incredibly annoying, collectively.