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The biblical character who goes ‘down the rabbit hole’ into an alternate reality − just like Alice in Wonderland

  • Written by Ryan M. Armstrong, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Oklahoma State University
The biblical character who goes ‘down the rabbit hole’ into an alternate reality − just like Alice in WonderlandStained glass designed by Geoffrey Webb depicts Lewis Carroll's characters in All Saints Church in Daresbury, Cheshire, England.Peter I. Vardy/Wikimedia Commons

The Bible’s Book of Job opens on an ordinary day in the land of Uz, where a man carefully performs religious rituals to protect his children. This routine has never failed Job, who is...

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