Thursday, October 13, 2016

Holocaust survivors compared to the book of job

There are many differences and similarities between the book of job and the article called The Search  for Faith which was a story about some peoples holocaust experience. One of the similarities is Job, Moshe Yosef Daum, and Fela Nussbaum all suffered from something God did or didn't do. In the book of Job he tortures Job by taking away his kids, his house, and all of his animals. However for Moshe Yosef Daum and Fela Nussbaum it was what God didn't do. They were both survivors of the Holocaust and wonder why God did not help all the Jews throughout the holocaust.

"At the Passover seder, my mother would get annoyed as my father recited the Exodus story. She would ask him, if God did so many miracles during biblical times, then why hadn’t she seen any such miracles during the Holocaust?" This shows how God didn't help the Jews (about 6 million) while they got murdered. However in Biblical times he acted differently and helped the Jews a lot like giving Job all of his stuff back after taking it and helping Noah build and get all the animals on his arc.

Some of the differences between these two stories is in the book of Job all of his stuff is given back to him after all the suffering that he went through. However in The Search for Faith there is no way God could return her child or first husband and all the family that they both lost. That is why I think Job was able to restore his faith in God but Fela Nussbaum still thinks that God only helped the Jews in biblical times. 




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