Job

[The Architect Of Fate]

I don't think the book is centrally about the virtues of unwavering faith. That's more of a sub-theme.

What I got from Job was more a lesson about hubris... "man thinking he can understand God and his motivations"...

We, as readers get a sneak peak at the celestial events that led up to Job's tribulations. But Job and his friends have no idea what's going on. Their speeches, even Job's, all make incorrect guesses about what God is doing.

God's speech isn't about how wonderful it is that Job was able to keep his faith. It was an admonishment. He told Job he can't even begin to comprehend the machinations of the divine. (Again, anti-hubris). The epilogue where Job receives lottery winnings was just to portray the God character as being good natured.

It seems less about hubris and more about maintaining unthinking faith. The idea you can't understand a god's motives is essentially an excuse the religious use to absolve themselves of having to answer any hard questions and no amount of lottery winnings make up for the horrific violations Job suffers at the hands of a cruel god. Giving a dog a bone after you have beaten it can never make up for the beating.