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7.142: Was God gaslighting Job in the Whirlwind?

Dive into Job’s story with hosts and Prof. Diane Jacobson, exploring divine speeches, suffering, and restoration.

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In this episode of Enter the Bible, hosts Katie Langston and Kathryn Schifferdecker welcome Professor Emerita of the Old Testament at Luther Seminary, Diane Jacobson, to discuss one of the Bible’s most complex and compelling books: Job. Together, they explore:

  • The profound questions raised by God’s whirlwind speeches.
  • The nature of suffering and its relationship to faith.
  • Job’s restoration and its implications for understanding divine justice.

Original Question Submitted:

“How did God speak to Job with the whirlwind. Did Job hear an audible voice? Did anyone else hear the voice?”

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Diane Jacobson

Dr. Diane Jacobson is a Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of Connecticut College, New London (1970). She earned the M.A. degree from Columbia University/Union Theological Seminary in 1975. She also holds the M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Union Theological Seminary (1982 and 1990). Jacobson joined the Luther Seminary faculty as an assistant professor in 1982 and has been professor of Old Testament since 1999. Now a professor emeritus, Jacobson is a frequent speaker throughout the Church and currently serves as Director of the Book of Faith Initiative for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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Kathryn M. Schifferdecker

Kathryn M Schifferdecker came to Luther Seminary as an assistant professor of Old Testament in 2006. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2001, Schifferdecker was associate pastor for five years at Trinity Lutheran Church, Arkdale, Wisc., before coming to Luther. Schifferdecker is a frequent contributor to workingpreacher.org, Word & World and the author of Out of the Whirlwind: Creation Theology in the Book of Job (Harvard University Press, 2008). She is currently writing a commentary on the book of Esther.

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Katie Langston

Katie Langston is a doubter by nature and a believer by grace. She grew up Mormon in a small Utah town and still isn't sure she fits in anywhere sophisticated enough to have a Target. She's the author of Sealed: An Unexpected Journey into the Heart of Grace, an acclaimed spiritual memoir about her conversion to orthodox Christianity. Katie works as the director of digital strategy for Luther Seminary's innovation team, where she oversees digital projects aimed at cultivating vibrant Christian spirituality in a post-modern, post-Christian cultural context.

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