Yes, God's whirlwind speech is one thing. And then that "too little, too late" atonement. MacLeish does well to chastise us for not having the 'spunk to spit at Christmas." One of my favourite plays...
Ursula Eric Yost wrote:
And how does that relate to "God"? Read the end of JOB. Yahweh gives Job an increase in kine, everything he had and more, which is precisely the kind of ritual sacrifice one would make to *atone* for a mistake. YHWH is therefore coming close to an apology in JOB, admitting the need to atone, or so the JPS Tanakh notes indicate.
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