Brief videos from Bible scholars who serve on Luther Seminary's faculty.
Job: Friendship and Suffering - Dan Simundson
Posted by Enter the Bible on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:22 PM
The late Dan Simundson, professor emeritus of Old Testament at Luther Seminary, talks about the role that Job's friends play in accompanying (or exacerbating) his suffering.
"Their intentions were good," said Dr. Simundson. "Their remorse and their compassion were genuine ... But as for many well-intentioned comforters, when they began to speak they were not always helpful. The words that they said were even sometimes rather hurtful. People can say harmful things even though they mean to be good and helpful for the person who suffers."
[This video was recorded in June 2010.]