Jan Kather's Lecture

From Jan Kather's lecture, I learned that the images throughout The Book of Job are very symbolic, and are more than aesthetics. The symbolism in the pictures contribute to the words in the text by applying a visual to the key points of the story. I was surprised to learn that William Blake did the original etching and painting by hand, yet he believed he could have visons of angels. The visions, however, were what I found to be most interesting. After all, not everyone could (or would) admit to that. The lecture changed my relationship to the "Book of Job" by prompting me to look at the picture on the cover of the novel and to think about the symbols as I came across them in the text.