The Book of Job - Satan doesn't interact with God?

[TheTanakas]

Last week's Come Follow Me dealt with Job chapters 1-3; 12-13.

"The opening chapters of Job emphasize, in a poetic way, Satan’s role as our 
adversary or accuser; they don’t describe an actual interaction between God 
and Satan."

Job 42:7 says God spoke to both Job and Eliphaz. 

Was this also poetic?

[AnchoredinChrist]

In the Torah, the Book of Job is included in the "Poetry" section, not the "History" section. I think the whole story of Job is a work of allegorical prose/poetry literature, and not a true or accurate history of a man.

Edited 5 hours ago by AnchoredinChrist

[the narrator]

Job is based on an older Sumerian legend which provides the main framing beginning with chapters 1 and 2, and concluding with 42:7-17. This is the standard story and part that people generally only read. The rest is an Israelite poem calling into question the very premise of the story, rejecting it, and even has Job announce that someone would avenge him by punishing God for such an injustice.

[Pyreaux]

4 hours ago, TheTanakas said:

Last week's Come Follow Me dealt with Job chapters 1-3; 12-13.

"The opening chapters of Job emphasize, in a poetic way, Satan’s role as our 
adversary or accuser; they don’t describe an actual interaction between God 
and Satan."

Job 42:7 says God spoke to both Job and Eliphaz. 

Was this also poetic?

Your "gotcha" attempt relies on a false equivalency between literary framing of the genre and theological events.

Who even wrote the Book of Job and when? Job himself? Did he himself enter the council of the sons of God to witness Job 1 happen? Mainstream biblical scholars generally agree that the Book of Job is a piece of wisdom literature and dramatic poetry, not a transcript of the event.

Latter-day Saints recognize Job himself as a real individual who suffered immensely (Ezekiel 14:14, James 5:11). Thought to be a patriarchal era figure, but the "book" of Job seems to be penned by an anonymous scribe after the fall of Jerusalem to answer why bad things happen to good people. Come Follow Me seems to be trying to help readers look past a somewhat jarring image of God making a "bet" with Satan, and instead focus on the doctrinal takeaways.

To your question, if the prologue is poetic, then God speaking in chapter 42 must also be poetic (i.e., false).

Even a made-up story can teach the truth. Or use a dramatic literary device in the beginning to set up a real spiritual resolution at the end. Is it not true that Satan is our adversary, suffering is not always a direct punishment for sin?

Are Jesus' parables "true" stories? No, Jesus' parables were not literal, historical events. He made them up to teach spiritual principles.