Episode on Job’s Friends is LiveThis post contains affiliate linksJoin us as Patricia Vesely of Memphis Theological Seminary talks to us about Job’s friends, looking in particular at Eliphaz in chs. 4–5 and Zophar in ch. 11. Tricia is the author of Friendship and Virtue Ethics in the Book of Job (Cambridge University Press, 2019). In this episode, we discuss a number of things including: the significance of friendship in Job, what the friends get right and wrong, connections between Job and the Psalms, the friends’ low view of humanity, and their emphasis on technique in relating to God.This Week’s BlurbsIn this episode, Patricia Vesely recommends Samuel Balentine’s Ecce Homo: Behold the Man. Ethical Imperatives of the Lenten Journey and Art and Faith: A Theology of Making by Makoto Fujimura.Other Books Mentioned in This EpisodeNemo, Philippe. Job and the Excess of Evil. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1998.Visit our website at thetwotestaments.com, where you can subscribe, see our release schedule, and meet our guides through Romans.Find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Vurbl, and Pocket Casts.You can also watch us on Youtube. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thetwotestaments.substack.com