<<To me the song is about someone's faith being
tried in the extreme and their subsequent struggle to understand why.>>
It addresses one of the universal questions of humans: Why do bad things happen to
good people?
Even today, people think that faith, belief in God, and/or good works will only result
in good things happening to them. Of course, it's as false a belief now as it was in
Job's day.
Most biblical scholars agree that Job is a fable and not based on a real event. The
book was written by a couple different writers, starts as a simple narrative, and has
an epic poem in the middle. Regardless of your personal beliefs, it makes for an
interesting study.
Bob
NP: Buckingham-Nicks, "Garbo"
