December 1 & 8, 2023—Book of Job from the Bible

Great Books KC will meet two times yet this year: December 1, 2023 & December 8, 2023. You are invited to send your suggestions for next year's book schedule to GreatBooksKC@gmail.com. Please note link below for categories to be filled.

Meeting Content, Dec. 1, 2023: — 7 PM
We will discuss the Book of Job from the Bible

Meeting Content, Dec. 8, 2023: — 7 PM
We will create the schedule of books for 2024. 
Suggestions of books may be sent to GreatBooksKC@gmail.com.
Please note the following links to assist in plans for preparing the 2023 schedule:
G.B. KC Categories of Books 
G.B. KC What Makes a Great Book 
G.B. KC History of Previous Books 

Meeting Dates & Time:
Dates: December 1, 2023 & December 8, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm
Zoom on-line meeting
    —an email with link to join will be sent prior to meeting.

    — the link is sent to a limited mailing list of frequent attenders.    

    —requests to be added to email list to GreatBooksKC@gmail.com. 

Description of Discussion Topic:

The Book of Job is a book found in the "Writings" section of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and the first of the Poetic Books in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Scholars generally agree that it was written between the 7th and 4th centuries BCE. It addresses theodicy (why God permits evil in the world) through the experiences of the eponymous protagonist. Job is a wealthy and God-fearing man with a comfortable life and a large family. God asks Satan for his opinion of Job's piety. When Satan states that Job would turn away from God if he were rendered penniless, without his family, and materially uncomfortable, God allows him to do so to prove Satan wrong.