Job: Volume 19 (NEW COLLEGEVILLE BIBLE COMMENTARY: OLD TESTAMENT)
by Kathleen M. O'Connor
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LanguageEN
ISBN
9780814628539
Description
The book of Job is a vivid testimony to pain, a plea for justice, and a wrenching theological debate about suffering and its causes. Central to this debate are questions about the roles that God and humans play in causin...The book of Job is a vivid testimony to pain, a plea for justice, and a wrenching theological debate about suffering and its causes. Central to this debate are questions about the roles that God and humans play in causing human suffering and whether divine-human relationships can proceed in the midst of overwhelming anguish. Like a riddle, the text grasps readers minds and emotions, inviting them to participate in Jobs story and to work toward their own solution to the dilemmas of both Job and his friends.