Job
Volume 19
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2016
112 pages
978-0-8146-4789-9 (ISBN)
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 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 Job's story and to work toward their own solution to the dilemmas of both Job and his friends.
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Kathleen M. O'Connor is author of several books including The Wisdom Literature (Liturgical Press, 1990), Jeremiah: Pain and Promise, and Lamentations and the Tears of the World. She is the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament, emerita, at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, and also taught at the Maryknoll School of Theology in Ossining, New York. She is active in the Catholic Biblical Association of America and the Society of Biblical Literature.
Content
- Intro
- Titlepage
- Copyright
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- THE BOOK OF JOB
- Introduction
- Commentary
- Prologue (1:1-2:13)
- First Round of Speeches (3:1-14:22)
- Second Round of Speeches (15:1-21:34)
- Third Round of Speeches (22:1-31:40)
- Elihu Speaks (32:1-37:24)
- The Speeches in the Storm (38:1-42:6)
- Epilogue (42:7-17)
- Conclusion
- Review Aids and Discussion Topics
