"It was a dark and stormy night." "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job." Our ears perk up when we hear the opening to a story. Almost always, the author begins by setting the scene, and then he or she starts to introduce the characters. That's true for the book of Job; it immediately identifies the places and the performers in the drama that's about to unfold. Here's Jim, to help us get our bearings.

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