The Work of Job

Oliver Bateman Does the Work

The Work of Job

0:00

-45:00

The Work of Job

"Have I not received everything back, only doubled?"

Oliver Bateman Does the Work

Feb 29, 2024

Transcript

*William Blake’s Illustrations for the Book of Job*

I’ve decided to release this lecture on the Book of Job, which is tied directly to the lecture on Kierkegaard’s Repetition that I shared yesterday.

“Is repetition not possible? Have I not received everything back, only doubled? Have I not myself again, and in such a way that I have a double appreciation of what this means? And what is a repetition of worldly goods, which have no meaning in relation to spiritual matters, compared to such a repetition? Only Job’s children were not returned to him twofold, because a human life does not allow itself to be doubled in this way. Here only a spiritual repetition is possible, even though it cannot be so complete temporally as in eternity where there is true repetition.” Søren Kierkegaard, Repetition: An Essay in Experimental Psychology (click here to download)

Suggested reading

Book of Job (KJV), https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%201&version=KJV

Suggested viewing

A Serious Man (2009)

If you’re one of the many subscribers with access to these posts, I’m urging you to click the heart, leave a comment, restack the article, or otherwise engage in some fashion. I hate making so gauche a request — I’ve always been a “take it or leave it” sort of person who has asked for nothing — but we are now late in the evening of my dis-CONTENT, and only extremely uncouth marketing methods (i.e., outright pleas for assistance) can ensure the perpetuation of this work. Thanks for everything you do!

Oliver Bateman Does the Work

The Work of Job

Discussion about this episode