God was not asking Job and his friends about all the bunny trails that academia has traveled down over the last three thousand years. For example, the book of Job does not mention alchemy, transmutation of metals, or phrenology. The encyclopedias of Aristotle, Cato, Varro, and Pliny, however, failed to avoid these pitfalls. The Bible avoided these mistakes because its author understands every nook and cranny of his creation. After all, the universe is his invention.
