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The Book of Job

Why Do the Innocent Suffer?

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Lawrence Boadt
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Part of the book series: Classic Bible Series (BIBLE)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-10
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Lawrence Boadt
      Pages 11-16

  3. Job in Literature

    1. Job in Literature

      • William M. Soll, Jeffrey Burton Russell, David L. Jeffrey, Manfred Siebald, Lawrence Besserman
      Pages 17-40

  4. The Book of Job

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Prologue

      • Lawrence Boadt
      Pages 43-47

    3. The First Cycle of Speeches

      • Lawrence Boadt
      Pages 49-66

    4. The Second Cycle of Speeches

      • Lawrence Boadt
      Pages 67-78

    5. The Third Cycle of Speeches

      • Lawrence Boadt
      Pages 79-93

    6. The Speeches of Elihu

      • Lawrence Boadt
      Pages 95-105

    7. The Speeches of Yahweh

      • Lawrence Boadt
      Pages 107-115

    8. Epilogue

      • Lawrence Boadt
      Pages 117-117

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 119-120
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About this book

Job is probably one of the best-known and most touching characters from the Bible. The Book of Job is the first great work of ancient literature to explore in depth the problem of undeserved suffering. Such is the enormous influence of this poetic masterpiece that it is now commonplace to refer to "the patience of Job." This volume combines the text of the Book of Job with essays that show why the trials of Job still resonate so powerfully today.

About the authors

Lawerence Boadt is a scholar of Biblical literature living in the U.K. Alice Thomas Ellis' books include Fairy Tale (1998) and Serpent on the Rock: A Personal View of Christianity (1995).

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