mark larrimore

'MIPodcast Moments' is a new blog series highlighting excerpts from Maxwell Institute Podcast episodes. You may not have time to listen to an hour-long episode, but you can still benefit from these great interviews. The patience of Job is legendary. But according to religious studies scholar Mark Larrimore, it's also overrated. Larrimore recently appeared on the Maxwell Institute Podcast to talk about his new biography on the book of Job. Larrimore says one of the most stirring passages is Job's impatient and wishful lament that his story be believed: "Oh, that my words were written down! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book! O that with an iron pen and with lead they were engraved on a rock forever!" (Job 19:23-24) Larrimore expands on the passage, noting that, in an important sense, Job's wish has come true: MARK LARRIMORE: He's in great pain, great distress, the world has fallen apart. But still, he expects people to hear him. Job says, 'I wish there were a way in which my voice could be preserved because even my best friends can't be trusted to understand and listen and honor what it is that I'm saying.'