Answer to Job

Main Ideas

• Exploration of the biblical story of Job as a symbol of human suffering and trials.
• Analysis of the image of God in the Old Testament and its psychological significance.
• The concept that God in the story of Job exhibits dark and contradictory traits, reflecting the complexity of the human psyche.
• The idea of the necessity to acknowledge and integrate the dark aspects of the divine and human in the process of individuation.
• Jung views Job as an archetypal figure that helps to understand the nature of evil and suffering in the world.
• Critique of the traditional theological view of God's omnipotence and omnibenevolence.
• The suggestion that the development of human consciousness influences the evolution of the image of God.